Distributors see 25 percent of annual sales at the lake in July
 

After being auctioned off Tuesday morning, Stoneridge Amphitheater now has a sole proprietor.

MoDOT says it doesn’t know how long it will take to get signs up alerting motorists on the new Route 5 they are passing Camdenton.

The ban on swimming at Public Beach No. 2 has been lifted.
For the first time in nearly a month, both public beaches in Lake of the Ozarks State Park are open.

One person died and another was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon near Linn Creek on Route V 1.9 miles east of V-17.

It is safe to say the city of Lake Ozark has outgrown it’s police department building.
Among many problems, the building has bad electrical wiring and cracks and holes in exterior and interior walls that let in the elements and wildlife.

Midwest could bear the greatest burden in the nation for the president's new energy plan

Air Force Lt. Colonel Mike Hopkins, a 1987 graduate of School of the Osage has been accepted for NASA's 2009 astronaut candidate class.

2009-10 books expected to reflect fiscal responsibility  and the maintenance of infrastructure and city services

Nearly 13 percent of the boaters stopped at the 9.5-mile marker during a weekend sobriety check were arrested for being over the legal limit.

There was no mustard to be found, but firefighters from the Mid-County Fire Protection District found more hot dogs than they’d care to remember.

Customers with pets, especially fish aquarium owners, need to take precautions

Want to go?
10:30 a.m. Ribbon cutting
5:30-7:30 p.m. View Rt. 5 on foot
    Corvette Club show
    Bounce house
    Cool 102.7 FM live broadcast
6:30 p.m. Mule Kicker Cloggers
9 p.m. Fireworks display
Overnight  Road will open for traffic

 Party moves to new spot

Three people were killed in separate accidents reported around the lake area over the weekend.

Todd Cornine, 33, was swimming in the area, went under and never resurfaced, according to the Missouri State Water Patrol report.

A letter written by Osage Beach Mayor Penny Lyons spurred a conversation among  Tri-County Lodging Association board members that resulted in the formation of a committee that will look into how to educate the public and increase public relations.

A combined raid by the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group, the Camden County Sheriff's Office and the Osage Beach Police Department resulted in the arrest of two Hispanic men allegedly in the country illegally.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Mark N. Templeton released the following statement:

"The first round of Lake of the Ozarks water quality study results for 2009 found elevated levels of E. coli at several locations. Heavy rainfall the day before some of the sampling and early the morning of some of the sampling may have contributed to the higher levels, as subsequent monitoring had a lower number of elevated readings..."