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Dakota Bates
The City of Mountain Grove recently announced the hiring of a new city administrator with strong ties to the community.Dakota Bates, the current Associate Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications at Missouri State University-West Plains, was offered the position on Friday, July 25 and will...
For more than 20 years, the late Terry Dobson was the voice of the Panthers as Mountain Grove sports fans heard his many signature calls on 92.5 FM The Grove before finishing up his career with Big Country 99.3 FM during the 2019-20 season.Though the community and his family have missed Terry since...
There were 88 cases on the docket for Judge Craig Carter on June 5 in Wright County Circuit Court.Troy Russell, 64, of Hartville, received two years unsupervised probation for peace disturbance, a first offense.Darrell Liebe II, 50, of Lago Vista, Texas, had a first degree harassment charge....
Sharon Miller, second from left, is a former Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) golfer who has recently visited the driving range at Wedgewood Country Club. She is joined in the photo by, from left: Russ Stevenson, proshop volunteer; Janice Prescott, sister, from Mansfield; and John Ice, proshop volunteer.
Sharon Miller, a retired member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), has frequently utilized the driving range at Wedgewood Golf Course while visiting her sister, Janice Prescott, of Mansfield.Miller, who is 84 and has been unable to play the course due to a recent auto accident, has...
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office recently made two traffic stops that led to felony drug arrests.Traffic stop in ManesA felony drug arrest was made by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office at around 10:51 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1.According to a report, Corporal Jimmy conducted a traffic stop near the...
An 87-year-old man from Graff was killed and two others involved in a two vehicle accident suffered serious injuries after an accident that took place around 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 10.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report, an 83-year-old driver from Graff was reportedly ...
The Words of Faith Life Daycare took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony with members from the Mountain Grove Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, July 8. Pastor Kevin Jenkins, from Words of Faith Life Church, third from the right, stands next to Ashley Jenkins, Words of Faith Life Daycare Director...
Tickets are currently on sale for the Sixth Annual Wilder Dinner, which is scheduled for Friday, Sep. 26 at the Mansfield High School commons area.This year’s special guests for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum fundraiser includes Dean Butler (Almanzo Wilder), Charlotte Stewart (Miss Beadle) and...
(Editor’s Note: Information came from a press release and requested background information from the author.)Jonathan Fashbaugh, a Mansfield resident and author, has released a new book titled “The TMJ Trifecta: Solving Your Pain Puzzle,” now available on Amazon for Kindle along with paperback and...
Dr. Matthew Brown
Missouri Ozarks Community Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Matthew Brown to our medical team at Mansfield. Dr. Brown is the first physician Missouri Ozarks has had at the Mansfield clinic in many years. “We are thrilled to bring a local physician to our Mansfield clinic,” said Jennifer Heinlein,...