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Camdenton is among the top 10 Great Boating Towns to Retire, Play and Thrive, according to BoatUS Magazine.
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After a year-long deployment with the National Guard that included almost nine months in the Middle East, Dustin Dunklee is back at home and back to his duties as prosecuting attorney for Morgan County.
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The attempt by State Rep. Rocky Miller to change the way E. coli is measured at Missouri’s state park beaches, and how state park beaches are closed, has taken an interesting path this legislative session.
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The draft beer and whiskey shots flow freely at the sparkling new Joplin Elks Lodge 501, a distant hallway plaque the only visible reminder that three members and a bartender cleaning up after Sunday bingo died in a monster tornado that forever grafted a little-known southwest Missouri city into the nation's disaster lexicon.
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“The Hallelujah Girls” directed by Cheryl Glawe is a comedy about five feisty females of Eden Falls, Ga. who try to turn an abandoned church into SPA-DEE-DAH a day-spa.The comic tension mounts when a sexy ex-boyfriend shows up unexpectedly, a marriage proposal comes from an unlikely suitor and an arch rival vows she'll stop at nothing...
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It's official. An analysis of map being used for the Camden County Planning and Zoning District and the map on file with the county clerk are different.
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One local pool is opening after recently 'going green.' When it was time to buy a new boiler, Keith Walk, Eldon's Parks and Recreation Director wanted to look for a new way to keep the pool water warm.
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The Board of Directors of the Osage Beach Fire Protection District will be hosting a Public Meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, at Station 1, District Headquarters, to hear public comment on a proposed change to dock inspections in the Osage Beach Fire District.
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Lake Career and Technical Center offers courses that allow students to acquire experience that they can apply later in life when they enter the workforce. Building Trades is a class that does just that. LCTC has been known for building homes but this year students got the opportunity to build a building that will be used in the school's...
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The Lake Ozark board of aldermen Monday afternoon did not close the door on the possibility of allowing a limited, tightly regulated, one-time-only suspension of the open container law for the Shootout Meet-and-Greet event in August.
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On May 17, Commissioner John Albright, Missouri Community Service Commission presented freshman Skylar Webb of School of the Osage High School with a congratulatory Proclamation from Governor Jay Nixon and a $1,000 scholarship distributed as part of the High School Student-Volunteer Community Service Awards initiative launched in 2010.
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On May 14, Lake Regional Health System presented a Beacon Award to Angelina Hamilton at a reception held at the hospital.
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School of the Osage is moving quickly on its promise to have the rejuvenated Heritage Building ready for occupancy for the 2014-15 school year.
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A Versailles area man says it was a tornado that flipped the deck onto the roof of his house in a severe storm May 20.
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Despite severe storms the night before, the grand opening of Woods Supermarket went forward as scheduled May 21.
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Damaging winds from a severe storm Monday evening knocked down trees and power lines, leaving thousands in Morgan County and the Co-Mo Electric Cooperative service area without power overnight and into Tuesday. While there were reports of a tornado spotted in southern Morgan County, according to the Morgan County 911 & Emergency Management...
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Your family might not be together when emergency happens. That’s why it is important to have a plan in place. Sit down and talk to your family about how you will reach each other in different situations.
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The man accused of killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old child has asked the court for a change of venue.
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Located at 308 W. 2nd St. in downtown Stover, the restored Osage Theater shows classic movies at an affordable price. A ribbon cutting event May 24 is open to the public.
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The final lake area high school held their commencement ceremony Saturday evening.
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On Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18, twelve soldiers stationed at Fort Leonard Wood spent the day at S.T.A.F.F. Animal Rescue in Sunrise Beach supplying volunteer labor to complete some labor intensive projects around the shelter facility.
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The City of Laurie has purchased a new building for City Hall. In closed session Wednesday evening, the board of aldermen finalized a real estate contract to purchase the Re/Max office building on Main St. (Hwy. 5) from the Bank of Versailles.
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The largest school in the lake area graduated 325 seniors in its commencement ceremony Saturday night.
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Family and friends gathered Thursday night to see 112 seniors receive their diplomas from the School of the Osage.
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A Saturday morning two-car wreck in Morgan County prompted a Staff for Life helicopter response.
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Lori Sullivan, 8th grade English teacher at Camdenton Middle School, is named the Camdenton Teacher of the Week.
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When Kirby Liesmann hit the waves on a wakeboard at the tender age of seven, little did he know the experience would lead him to open a full-fledged wakeboard school, Kirby's School of Wake.
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The development of Sunrise Beach Market Center in Sunrise Beach has changed the intersection of Routes 5 and F. With the change, the Missouri Department of Transportation has put in a new traffic light that is a little different than the old light and what drivers in the area may be used to.
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Millions of Americans live below the poverty level of $23,550 a year for a family of four. With everything costing more these days, it can prove difficult to provide your family with nutritious, inexpensive meals.
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A group of high school students recently got a closer look at military life during a field trip to the state’s lone active-Army post.
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It could cost the city of Osage Beach more than $1 million to re-open the dead-end Osage Beach Parkway and help fund the construction of an outer road to Y Road.
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The Oma Noma Heritage Festival this year brings back Lilli Shields to portray Oma and a new face to the festival, Sarah Bruna, to portray Noma. Oma and Noma Degraffenreid were the first people to cross Bagnell Dam after it was build in the year 1931.
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As the much-anticipated Lake Race 2013 gets closer, race officials continue to work with the city of Lake Ozark on traffic flow and when and how long the strip and Bagnell Dam will be closed to traffic.
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Less than six months after the state Revenue Department began scanning driving applicants' personal documents into a state computer system, Missouri lawmakers sent the governor legislation Wednesday that would force the department to stop.
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Who searches out antiques and collectibles? People who enjoy the hunt of looking for specific items are always on the lookout for a good deal. Many shoppers are those who enjoy looking through vintage items from days-gone-by.
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There could be some changes coming in the way parades in Lake Ozark are organized.The board of aldermen Tuesday night didn’t make a decision, but had extensive discussion on what the parade routes should be and what types of entries should be allowed.
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Although the city no longer exists, Macks Creek residents may have managed to convince elected officials to allow them to keep the park.
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In a split decision Wednesday evening, the Camden County Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission denied a proposed conditional use permit (CUP) for Paradise Restaurant & Bar, located in the Sunrise Beach area.
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An unexplained difference in planning and zoning maps is being called into question by one Camden County Commissioner.It appears that the map designating the district that was used for the election in 1997 was changed at some point.
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Ameren Missouri to adjust fuel and purchased power adjustment charge on electric bills May. 16, 2013The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved a filing made by Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri to adjust the fuel and purchased power adjustment charge (FAC) on the bills of its electric customers.
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Throughout the week of May 12, Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach will join hospitals across the country in observing National Hospital Week.
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The Village of Sunrise Beach is constructing a wastewater treatment system along Highway 5 from Spring Cove Road (formerly Lake Rd. 5-39) to the Hurricane Deck Bridge.
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Alex Campbell, 8, from Osage Beach Cub Scout Pack #232 recently won first overall in the District Pinewood Derby Competition. The competition included scouts from Osage Beach, Camdenton, Lake Ozark, and other regional scout packs.
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For an 18-year-old, moving away from home can seem like a daunting prospect. Some go to college and are surrounded by friends. Some enter the workforce. But what about those that decide to take a different route? Instead, some are away from family and friends, have little contact with anyone from back home and are forced to grow up fast.
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Repair work on the Osage Beach Parkway wrapped up this week in preparation for handing off ownership to the city of Osage Beach.
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State education officials would be able to intervene sooner to turn around struggling Missouri school districts under a measure that cleared the Legislature Wednesday and now heads to Gov. Jay Nixon.
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What do a peacock, alpaca, donkey, goat and turkey have in common? They live on Harpers Farm in Camden County and recently received some visitors.
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Parents, friends and extended family watched as Climax Springs High School graduated 21 Cougars on Saturday.
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Lake Regional Rehab Therapy – Eldon has been named Organization of the Year by the Eldon Area Chamber of Commerce. The award was presented at the chamber’s annual dinner meeting, held April 25.
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