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Doug Hawkins with the Ozark County Chamber of Commerce attended last week’s city council meeting to ask for approval to hold a July 4 fireworks show in town. The fireworks show would be set off by Kirk and Segra Stephens of Foggy Bottom Fireworks from the top of the ridge facing the east side of...

Council awards bids for library water drainage, flower bed revamp and creek bank repair 3v1x6m

The city council approved installing a drainage curb and gutter near the Ozark County Volunteer Library to help divert water from the building’s...
May 22, 2025, 10:58 AM

Man says he hopes to build 15 rental homes, asks city to hook into city water and sewer 5b525u


This cropped portion of a MoDOT map shows the Gainesville city limits in the shaded area. Collins’ property sits outside the city limits, but he hopes to hook into the city’s water and sewer system.
Builder Eddie Collins attended this month’s city council meeting to discuss a topic that was brought up last month. He has purchased a piece of...
May 22, 2025, 10:55 AM

New councilwoman April Lynne talks park updates, suggestions from the community 6o4f3r


City employees work to spread mulch, donated by CedarSafe, at the Gainesville Hoerman Memorial Park, located off Highway 160 near the elementary school.
April Lynne, who was appointed to the city council in March, gave her fellow council a report on the city-owned Hoerman Memorial Park. ...
May 22, 2025, 10:45 AM

Fireworks show approved a5zq

Doug Hawkins with the Ozark County Chamber of Commerce attended last week’s city council meeting to ask for approval to hold a July 4 fireworks show in town. The fireworks show would be set off by Kirk and Segra Stephens of Foggy Bottom Fireworks from the top of the ridge facing the east side of...
May 22, 2025

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  • May 22, 2025
    Doug Hawkins with the Ozark County Chamber of Commerce attended last week’s city council meeting to ask for approval to hold a July 4 fireworks show in town.The fireworks show would be set off...
  • May 22, 2025
    The city council approved installing a drainage curb and gutter near the Ozark County Volunteer Library to help divert water from the building’s exterior wall on Elm Street due to the fact that...

  • This cropped portion of a MoDOT map shows the Gainesville city limits in the shaded area. Collins’ property sits outside the city limits, but he hopes to hook into the city’s water and sewer system.
    May 22, 2025
    Builder Eddie Collins attended this month’s city council meeting to discuss a topic that was brought up last month. He has purchased a piece of property that sits outside the city limits in an...

Obits 4y1y5c

  • May 22, 2025
     Funeral services for Jewell Marie (Bias) Murphy, 80, of Independence, were held May 16, 2025, at Speaks Suburban Chapel in Independence. Burial was at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens, also in...
  • May 22, 2025
    Alvin Melvin Kimmen, 84, of Gainesville, formerly of Harlan, Iowa, ed away peacefully in his sleep at his daughter Cassandra’s home in Gainesville on May 15, 2025.He is survived by his wife...
  • May 22, 2025
     A graveside funeral service for Burl Dean Davis, 84, of rural Lawrence, Kansas, will be held at 10 a.m. May 23, 2025, at the Udall Cemetery. Dean died May 14, at Saint Luke’s...

Education 5x4r1o

  • May 22, 2025
    The last of Ozark County’s four high schools held commencement ceremonies Friday, May 16, graduating the class of 2025. Gainesville High School’s graduation was held in the gym at...
  • May 15, 2025
    Three of Ozark County’s four high schools have held their commencement ceremonies this year, graduating the class of 2025. Dora High School held its ceremony on Friday, May 2, with Rick...
  • May 8, 2025
    Golfers from Bakersfield, Gainesville and Lutie High Schools will participate in the district meets next week. Bakersfield and Gainesville will participate in the class 1 district 1...

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