Business
    80th Annual Ozark Electric Co-op Meeting Big Success
    August 2, 2017
    By Bob Jackson Over 1000 Ozark Electric Co-op member owners attended the annual meeting in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, at Mt. Vernon High School on...

    Angie waits on a customer. Local Businesses To Be Featured On Website
    June 21, 2017
    Submitted by Janice Peak Photos by Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter Some exciting things are happening in Dadeville. Recently, Jeff Rouse, the...

    Featured
    This spectator calls Wild Wayne West “Poppa”. 2017 Lockwood Bull Blast Presented By Lockwood True Value Hardware
    August 16, 2017
    By Penny White Lockwood Chamber of Commerce Photos by Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter Lockwood True Value Hardware proudly presented a great...

    Lockwood Fire District Approved By Big Yes Vote
    August 16, 2017
    By Bob Jackson The proposed Lockwood Fire District election on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, was approved by voters with 407 yes votes and 149 no...

    Spectators and car owners relax in the shade and visit as a That Place waitress, in gold, brings out food and drink orders. Greenfield Cruise In On The Square
    August 9, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter That Place, an ice cream and sandwich shop located on the square in Greenfield, sponsored a cruise in on...

    Government
    Hartzler Announces Bid For Another Term
    July 19, 2017
    Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler made the following announcement: After much prayer and discussion with my family, I have decided to seek re-election to the United States House...

    Low Turnout Of Voters Decide Issues, Local Officials In Voting On...
    April 12, 2017
    By Bob Jackson Area voters went to the polls on Tuesday, April 4 , 2017, to decide issues and choose members of city councils and school board officials. In Dade County,...

    Elected County Officials Sworn In
    January 4, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter On December 27, 2016, the Dade County officials that were elected at the November 8, 2016, general election...

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    Letter to Editor
    Letter to Editor: Who Will Be President?
    August 17, 2016
    Notwithstanding words uttered by our current president, and no matter what some Americans may think, Donald Trump is qualified to be president. If a peanut farmer from...

    Letter to Editor: An Eighth Letter to America
    August 11, 2016
    America continues to display the foolishness of Man by trusting in Man rather than God the Creator. Many now foolishly claim that Science proved there is no God. That of...

    Letter to Editor: On Behalf of the Galer/Lemons Family
    August 11, 2016
    I write this for the Galer/Lemons Family regarding the events of August 1, 2016, at Prairie Mountain in Lockwood. I do not know what has been or is being said on social...

    Local News
    This spectator calls Wild Wayne West “Poppa”. 2017 Lockwood Bull Blast Presented By Lockwood True Value Hardware
    August 16, 2017
    By Penny White Lockwood Chamber of Commerce Photos by Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter Lockwood True Value Hardware proudly presented a great...

    Lockwood Fire District Approved By Big Yes Vote
    August 16, 2017
    By Bob Jackson The proposed Lockwood Fire District election on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, was approved by voters with 407 yes votes and 149 no...

    Spectators and car owners relax in the shade and visit as a That Place waitress, in gold, brings out food and drink orders. Greenfield Cruise In On The Square
    August 9, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter That Place, an ice cream and sandwich shop located on the square in Greenfield, sponsored a cruise in on...

    News
    Ian McCarthy Officer-Involved Shooting In Clinton, Missouri
    August 7, 2017
    Submitted by Cheryl Cobb Public Information Specialist III Public Information & Education Division Missouri State Highway Patrol At 10:45...

    Austin Campbell (left) and Blake Moreland (right).Congratulations to Austin Campbell on breaking the state record by catching a 2-pound, 1-ounce white crappie with a trotline on an irrigation pond in Cass County. Harrisonville Angler Catches State Record White Crappie
    July 20, 2016
    Submtted by Lucas Bond News Services Coordinator Missouri Department of Conservation The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports...

    Thrivent Financial Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to Convoy of Hope
    January 21, 2016
    Convoy of Hope received a $50,000 grant from the Thrivent Financial Foundation, based in Minneapolis, Minn. The grant supports the organization's work among those in need...

    Obituaries
    Margaret Magdelene Vandyken
    August 16, 2017
    Margaret Magdelene Vandyken, 68, of Eveton, Missouri, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017, at 9 a.m. in Cox South Hospital. She was born in Modesto, California, on...

    Murlene Still
    August 16, 2017
    Some people you meet touch your lives in the most unimaginable ways. Murlene Still was one of those people. Her selfless devotion, limitless love...

    Earl Adams
    August 16, 2017
    Earl Adams, 96, of Walnut Grove passed away Sunday evening, August 13, 2017, in his home following an extended illness. Earl, the son of Jesse and...

    Schools
    Phillips 66 Donates $48,000 to purchase computers for the students of the Miller R-2 School District. Miller Schools Receive Donation For Computers
    August 2, 2017
    Submitted by Tammy Pitts Miller School District Bill Maloney and Jim Enochs of Phillips 66 presented a check to the Miller R-2 School District in...

    Coach Leo Rader New Coaches At Lockwood High School
    June 14, 2017
    By Bob Jackson Two new coaches have been hired at Lockwood High School for the 2017-2018 school year. FOOTBALL Luke Rader, a 2003 graduate of...

    Twenty-nine Miller Seniors Receive Diplomas
    May 24, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter Throughout the laughter, applause and tears 29 Miller High School seniors received their diplomas in...

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    Social
    Everton PTSO Fall Carnival Friday, October 21
    October 19, 2016
    Submitted by Coty Bauer Carnival Chairman 417-366-2861 The Everton PTSO Fall Carnival is right around the corner. This year it will be held on Friday, October 21st in...

    Dade County Improvement Group Annual Halloween Festival Saturday,...
    October 19, 2016
    The Dade County Improvement Group Annual Halloween Festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 22, on the Greenfield City Square. The Washington Lodge #87 gets the day...

    Clayton Hawks bottle feeds a calf. Hawks Family Maze Draws Large Crowd
    October 19, 2016
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter The Hawks Family Maze, located north of Lockwood, opened Saturday, October 8 and will run Saturday and...

    Sports
    Back Row: Tyler Aldridge, Luke Nentrup, Ethan Bates, Gaege Queen. Front Row: Noah Schnelle, Jobe Edwards, Brady Oeltjen, Logan Sparkman. Lockwood Boys Win District Track Title
    May 17, 2017
    Submitted by Amy Schnelle The Lockwood boys track team won their first district title since 1992 at the meet held in Hollister on Saturday, May 6....

    Lockwood Tigers Golf Team, left to right, Coach Jim Scott, Justin Nentrup, William Stefan, Will Beerly and Roy Snider Tigers Win SRVC Golf Tournament
    April 26, 2017
    Submitted by Jim Scott,Coach Lockwood Tigers Golf Team On Monday, April 17th, the Lockwood High School golf team traveled to the par 70 Neosho...

    Walnut Grove Boys Win Class 1 State Basketball Title; Girls Finish...
    March 15, 2017
    By Bob Jackson Both the boys and girls basketball teams played for the Class 1 State Chmapionships for 2017 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri on 3-11-17. A huge crowd...

    Weather
    Stockton Lake Remains High
    January 13, 2016
    By Bob Jackson The boat ramp at the Greenfield Access on CC Highway northeast of Greenfield, Missouri, shows the high lake level of Stockton Lake...

    Bottom floor of Dade County Courthouse Rain, Flood Hit Dade County
    December 31, 2015
    By Bob Jackson With record rain for December, Dade County and Southwest Missouri was hit for over 10 inches of rain causing flooding conditions in...