Wildcat baseball to host 25th annual tournament

Area high school baseball fans looking for games later this week need not look any further than Linn High School and their 25th Annual Baseball Tournament. Six teams will be split into two pools …
News
WESTPHALIA — School counselors Kary Brunnart, Robin Schulte, and Jessica Davis gave a presentation on the recent updates to their program manual. Essentially, they said, nothing has …
CHAMOIS —In a special me eting April 10, Chamois aldermen approved an ordinance establishing a curfew in a public place for any minors under age 17 not accompanied by their parents. The …
CHAMOIS —Chamois Aldermen approved eight different policies and procedures at their meeting on Wednesday, March 20.   All policies and procedures went into effect immediately. …
CHAMOIS —The Osage R-1 School Board approved April 2 Municipal Election results at the start of their meeting on Wednesday, April 10. School Board members Nick Schollmeyer and Kris …
LINN — Hundreds of people attended the grand opening of State Tech’s Osage View on Thursday, April 11.     Festivities began at 4 p.m., at which time the facility was open …
Commission News
OSAGE COUNTY   — Osage County Health Department (OCHD) Administrator Kim Sallin and Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham told commissioners last week they were aware of threats to mail …
OSAGE COUNTY — Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Transportation Planner Joanie Prenger met with commissioners on Thursday, Sept. 18. They showed her their evaluations of the seven …
OSAGE COUNTY — Osage County Commissioners took an unusual step, meeting an hour early Tuesday, June 27. The purpose of convening was to officially approve a ballot measure providing for …

Geneva Helstein

Geneva Aileen Helstein, 92, Vienna, passed away Friday, April 5, 2024, in Crab Apple Village in St. Clair. She was born Aug. 3, 1931, to the late Hugh and Ruth (Sexton) Pidcock in Salem. …

Marianne Matheis

Marianne Elizabeth Matheis, 79, Linn, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at her residence.  She was born Aug. 5, 1944, to the late Joseph and Antoinette (Baudek) Wuchte in Chicago, Ill. …

Edward Keller III

It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Edward Wesley Keller, III, 77, Linn who passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024, at his son’s home surrounded by family. He …

Sports

CMS Pirate track places fifth at Vienna

VIENNA — Running on a 300-meter track. That is what Chamois’ Pirates and Lady Pirates got to do last Wednesday at Vienna High School during the annual Vienna Middle School (VMS) …

Fatima track posts top-five team finishes at Eldon

Winning three events and scoring points in 23 others, Fatima’s Lady Comet and Comet track teams both placed in the top five of their respective team standings Thursday during the Maroon and …
Curtis Deeken makes a tag on a close play at home.

Linn opens baseball 1-2

Linn opened the baseball season with a 5-3 win over Eugene on Saturday after losing earlier in the day and on Friday. “Beating a very good Eugene team was a highlight for us on …
Sports

Robinson, Robertson top All-Conference list

Fatima seniors Levi Robinson and Alli Robertson earned the most votes among Show-Me Conference coaches to earn MVP honors. Easton Haslag also made the first team, while Noah Hall of Linn, …

Lady Comets see season end at the quarterfinal game

Fatima fans get loud in support of the Lady Comets at Friday’s Class 3 quarterfinal game at Fair Grove.

Strope wins fourth straight district title; Comets earn second place as team

Fatima senior Cody Strope became the Comets’ first four-time district wrestling champion at Saturday’s Class 1, District 2 tournament at Butler. “That’s impressive, …
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Scott Peterson’s latest attempt to have his conviction for the 2002 double murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner, overturned have put those heinous crimes back in the …
I t may have been a spring day during my junior year in college, or it could have been late winter. In some ways, I have tried to erase this experience from my memory. Let me slow down a little …
Dear Editor: I do not know where to start, there is so much going wrong in our country. Obama-Biden are destroying our country, our freedom, our rights. Borders are wide open to illegal …