Keilholz sets three-point records at William Woods

Talk about waiting until the last minute. Chamois native and William Woods University senior Katie Keilholz set two three-point records during her recent season. The career mark of 233 …
News
    LINN — At a special meeting last Tuesday, March 4, Linn aldermen approved an estimate for $132,000 to build a new restroom at the Linn City Park, awarding the job to MOX …
OSAGE COUNTY — In last Tuesday’s meeting, Interim Road & Bridge Foreman Justin Bridges accepted an offer of the permanent position from Osage County Commissioners. “We had …
  FREEBURG — Freeburg trustees approved a deficit budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year at their March 4 meeting. The village plans to pull $186,935 from reserves to cover the …
  LINN —   Linn R-2 held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new addition last Friday afternoon. “I want to take the time to welcome our students,” opened …
LINN — Hilke’s Ice owners, Laron and Donna Hilke, announced last week that they sold the business to Home City Ice of Cincinnati, Ohio. “After 51 years of business, we have …
Commission News
OSAGE COUNTY —Commissioners spent most of last week interviewing candidates for road and bridge foreman in closed session. At Tuesday’s meeting, Osage County Commissioners voted to …
OSAGE COUNTY —Remote Computer Services (RCS) owner Eric Reichel was present at Thursday morning’s commission meeting, along with representatives from nearly all elected officials’ …
WESTPHALIA — Provided the weather allows it, the annual Lincoln Day dinner is scheduled for Thursday at the Westphalia Lions Hall, beginning with happy hour at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30, and …
OSAGE COUNTY — Mike Teel and Jeff Bandaret from Great Rivers Engineering presented Osage County commissioners with recommendations for bridge replacements on CR 522 and CR 632. The bridge …
LINN — At their meeting on Dec. 3, Osage County commissioners passed ordinance #12032024, adopting International Building Code (IBC) 2012 “for entities funded all or in part by the …

Leander Falter 1935-2025

Leander Falter, 89, Jefferson City, passed away March 15, 2025, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. He was born April 10, 1935, to the late Joseph Fritz and Anna Josephine (Bax) …

Deborah Thompson 1956-2025

Deborah Thompson, 68, Jefferson City, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Capital Region Medical Center. She was born Sept. 7, 1956, to the late Virgil and Rose (Veit) Kempker of …

David Roark 1937-2025

David P. Roark, 70, Holts Summit, formerly of Linn, passed away Friday, March 14, 2025, at his residence. He was born Aug. 17, 1954, to the late Richard and Betty (Benson) Roark in Chamois. …

Sports

Chamois drops in district opener to Jamestown

Chamois had high hopes for a shot at the district title. Instead, the Pirates lost in the C1D9 opener to Jamestown last week to end the year at 14-13. “This was a very disappointing end to …

Archers compete at Vienna qualifier, SFX, Trinity Lutheran

OSAGE COUNTY —   Archers from the area had a busy week with competitions at several area schools. Here are the results. CHAMOIS R-1 At the Vienna R-1 Last Qualifier, Jack …

Comets earn fourth at state wrestling tournament

After a groundbreaking perform ance at the Class 1, District 1 tournament in which the Comets won their first wrestling title and every grappler made it to state, Fatima finished last week’s …
Sports

Lady Comets come up short against Tolton, earn second in C3D8 tournament

Fatima entered the C3D8 tournament at South Callaway last week as the top seed, but Fr. Tolton managed to upset the Lady Comets in Saturday’s championship game, 57-53. “It was a very …

Comets finish second in districts

Fatima battled back from an early deficit but couldn’t quite get over the hump in a 56-46 loss in the Class 3, District 8 tournament at Belle. “We are still scratching our heads …

Another solid week for Osage County archers

OSAGE COUNTY — Osage County performed well yet again at last week’s tournaments. CHAMOIS R-1 At the St. George School State Qualifier, the high school team shot 3,288 with 161 …
Photo oGallry

Today, the typical American adult is overweight with 35 percentage considered obese. In 1970, about 15 percentage of Americans were considered obese. Why are Americans less healthy? First is …
  To the Editor: Thank you Alderman Bill Turner for finally getting the speed limit signs installed on Jefferson Street. Now we just need a police department to enforce them. Without …
To the Editor: Last week Senator Ben Brown wrote an article in this paper and flat out said that he does not care about our voices. Unfortunately, some people will believe every word he …