ST. LOUIS — Scammers are using sophisticated new strategies to target utility customers with the goal of stealing money or obtaining personal and financial information, Ameren Missouri …
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7/3/24
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DRAKE — The Gasconade County Commission this morning could take up a resolution calling for a uniform speed limit of 35 miles per hour — unless otherwise posted — after growing …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/3/24
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During June and July, newspapers across Missouri are publishing tens of thousands of names of people for whom the State Treasurer’s Office is holding unclaimed property totaling more than $1 …
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By Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek
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6/26/24
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COLUMBIA — MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy cooperative, raised $150,000 in donations during its 10th annual Charity Golf Scramble and Concert for Feeding Missouri to provide hunger …
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6/19/24
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When all the bills are paid for improvements made to the exterior of the courthouse, when the cost of the installation of an elevator is accounted for and when the expense of building two winter …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/12/24
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HERMANN — The Gasconade County Opioid Settlement Committee Thursday morning selected the top priorities for allocating the county’s share of funds from the settlement of lawsuits against …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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5/29/24
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JEFFERSON CITY — The spring season brings blooms, sunny skies, warmer temperatures and a variety of newborn animals. Young wildlife can pull on our heartstrings as they look to be abandoned, …
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5/8/24
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As Missouri’s legislators count down the hours left in this year’s session of the General Assembly, county government officials are on the sidelines waiting for something not likely to …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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5/8/24
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HERMANN — Two key public service agencies are pulling out of their agreement with the city of Hermann’s dispatch operation, a move that might nudge the city closer to becoming a full-time …
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4/24/24
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HERMANN — In a somewhat inexplicable development, Gasconade County administrators saw two of the three primary tax revenue generators slump, one by a significant amount, while the third one …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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4/17/24
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Capital Paving has installed new asphalt through last Friday on Highway 28 from Route EE to west of the Canaan community and was starting Monday on a 13-mile stretch of Route EE to F in northern …
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4/17/24
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Eleven area students participated in the co-op’s Youth Tour essay contest that took place in March at the co-op’s offices.
The prompt for this year’s contest was: …
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4/3/24
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Gasconade County Collector Shawn Schlottach reports that as of the end of the fiscal year the 2023 tax collection rate reached 95 percent.
Total collections for 2023 as of Feb. 29 are …
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3/20/24
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JEFFERSON CITY — On April 8, citizens across southern and southeast Missouri will have the chance to see a rare celestial event — a total solar eclipse.
The moon will block the …
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3/13/24
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OWENSVILLE — Seventy-two registered Gasconade County Republicans caucusing Saturday in the St. James UCC Charlotte parish hall pledged the county’s four delegates for upcoming GOP …
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By Dave Marner, Managing Editor
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3/6/24
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HERMANN — With its work pushed to the forefront during the coronavirus pandemic, the public health sector of local government has gained more attention from the public — including those …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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2/28/24
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JEFFERSON CITY — In April 2023, an EF-2 tornado swept through Bollinger County, Missouri, devastating a community and claiming the lives of five people.
In July, two more people were …
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2/28/24
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A winter storm which produced rain, sleet and snowfall across the region ranging from a ground covering up to five inches was responsible for numerous slide-offs and at least one fatality on U.S. 63 …
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By Dave Marner, GCR Managing Editor
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2/21/24
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HERMANN — Gasconade County’s various sales taxes continued their strong performance this month, especially the Use Tax, which produced the second-largest monthly reimbursement since it …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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2/14/24
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Gasconade County Democratic Party Chair Jamie Mercer said on Feb. 5 that it will host its presidential preference process from 8 a.m. to noon on March 23 in Owensville’s Scenic Regional Library …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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2/7/24
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