Commission

Opioid panel to convene after weekly Commission meeting

HERMANN – When the county’s advisory panel on the allocation of Gasconade County’s opioid lawsuit settlement funds meets tomorrow morning, its members will hear they will be better …

County continues researching split of Circuit Clerk & Recorder Office

HERMANN — Gasconade County government administrators are continuing to research splitting the Circuit Clerk & Recorder’s Office into separate agencies. With the office now a …

Stony Hill Road makes county list for upgrade to chip-seal surfacing

HERMANN — Residents along Stony Hill Road have succeeded in getting their road on the list of Gasconade County gravels to be upgraded with a chip-and-seal coating. County Administrators …

Hermann
Pershing Cemetery Walk highlights church, family histories to 1883
PERSHING — Sunday was a beautiful day for the Gasconade County Historical Society’s cemetery walk at the Pershing Cemetery ...
Need for more housing tops initial discussion in effort to update Comprehensive Plan
HERMANN – The need for additional housing kept coming up as the primary concern for the Hermann community Wednesday morning as about 30 people ...
County edges closer to start of new Rohlfing Road span
HERMANN — Gasconade County’s consulting engineer said the effort to construct a new bridge on Rohlfing Road ...
72nd Annual Arts & Crafts Festival in Hermann
The 72nd Annual Arts & Crafts Festival originated and hosted by The Brush & Palette Club will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13, at Hermann Middle School ...
Owensville
KJ Unnerstall provides low bid for Rock Island Trail project
OWENSVILLE —Owensville’s contracted engineer, Travis Hernandez, approached the Board of Aldermen with three bids ...
OHS students visit Missourian press in preparation of new student-ran newspaper
OWENSVILLE — Owensville High School students from Amy Quertermous’s new communications class visited the Washington Missourian’s newsroom, production and press building on Sept. 25 …
Face lifts for Red Oak and Immaculate Conception cemeteries
Two local cemeteries recently held work days to clean, straighten and reset headstones. Resetting a headstone at Immaculate Conception Parish Cemetery south of Owensville on Sept. 16 were Knights of …
KJ Unnerstall provides low bid for Rock Island Trail project
OWENSVILLE —Owensville’s contracted engineer, Travis Hernandez, approached the Board of Aldermen with three bids for the Rock Island Trail project during a recent city meeting. Three …
Gerald

Many area retailers found to be out of compliance with state alcohol, tobacco laws

Franklin County Sheriff Steve Pelton reports his detectives along with the Washington Police Department conducted ...

Gerald investment in streets for 2024 begins this week

Crews with West Contracting of Pacific arrived in Gerald last week to begin street work. Rain kept them off the job Monday, but they resumed work Tuesday on Bittersweet Avenue (right). Each year …

Woody Bogler Trucking celebrates 100 years in business on Sunday

Rep. Brad Banderman, District 119 (right) reads aloud a resolution applauding the long, productive history of the Woody Bogler Trucking Company.  He then presented a framed copy of the resolution to Tracy Bogler, owner of the company.

Woody Bogler Trucking Co. (WBT) celebrated 100 years in the trucking business with a celebration Sunday, Sept. 15 on the company’s grounds. A large crowd attended the event which featured …

Features

Local man pleads guilty to federal sex charges

Donald Eugene Fields II

The FBI announced in a recent press release that a man from Franklin County, Theodore “Ted” John Sartori Sr., 63, pleaded guilty in U. S. District Court in St. Louis. Sartori pleaded to …

Stand for the Silent, an organization helping to stop bullying, is helping to make schools safe

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., – Increasingly, people consider their child’s safety at school, and many even turn to homeschooling. In fact, according to the National Center for Education …

County official to probe cause of AT&T cellular ills

DAVID KELLY, director of Missouri State Parks, shakes hands Thursday morning with Southern District Gasconade County Commissioner Jerry Lairmore after signing an agreement for upkeep on the Rock Island Trail once sections are completed in the county. Ron Bentch, scope project manager for development of the Rock Island Trail (center) also visited with the commissioners and County Clerk Lesa Lietzow (far right).

A Gasconade County administrator has pledged to investigate the cause of the cellular telephone problems that have plagued some county AT&T customers since shortly before the Independent Day …

Gasconade County

MRPC optimistic about county receiving grant funds to upgrade 3 roadways in southern portion

HERMANN — Gasconade County appears to be in a good position to receive more than $800,000 in grant funds to upgrade three roads in the southern portion of the county, according to a key staffer …

County sales taxes continue strong showing

County sales taxes continue strong showing BY BUCK COLLIER SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT buckcollier210@gmail.com HERMANN — For the fourth consecutive month and the seventh of the …

Local mission group helps Ukrainian refugee church in Poland

From left: Pastor Chris Cook of Parkade Baptist Church in Columbia; Pastor Kevin Sullivan of First Baptist Church Owensville; Sandi Straw, member of Parkade Baptist Church; Dana and Trent Young, Director of Missions of Gasconade Valley Baptist Association.

BLAND — A group of mid-Missourians recently returned from Warsaw, Poland, following a mission trip to work with a church composed of Ukrainian people affected by the ongoing war with Russia. …