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The place is simple and the bartender is famous. Schmidty’s at Tiki Bay Marina is one of the Lake’s most popular waterfront bars and restaurants.
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We all know drinking water is essential for a healthy lifestyle. However, many people feel plain water is too bland. Manufacturers have figured this out and responded with lots of flavored waters and healthful sounding additives.
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Camdenton was ranked eighth in BoatUS magazine's list of great places for those looking for a retirement community with boating amenities. Camdenton was listed as an affordable community with a low cost of living.
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Volunteers with the Lake of the Ozarks Watershed Alliance planted a two-tiered rain garden at the old Welcome to the Lake of the Ozarks sign at the junction of Bagnell Dam Blvd. and Osage Beach Parkway.
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When coming to Lake of the Ozarks, there is one place that families need to go before heading home... The Bagnell Dam Strip.
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QUESTION: Last week, I received an opinion that contained the sentence, "As I listen to the news and watch television, one by one my rights and freedoms are being taken away." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
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Did you know that the oldest Army engineering battalion in the U.S. dates back to 1636 and the Massachusetts National Guard? That the Military Police date back to General Washington’s army? Or what a tunnel under the Vietnam deltas looked like?
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The Lake of the Ozarks Watershed Alliance reminds lake property owners that dumping leaves into the lake is unhealthy for the lake.
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It's getting tougher for the geese who flock to the beaches in Lake of the Ozarks State Park.
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Just in time for the busy Memorial Day weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation and its contractor have opened the Route 54 bridge over the Osage River in Miller County. One westbound lane on the bridge has...
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Three electrocutions in the Lake of the Ozarks last July left many worried about the safety of the water where most docks are wired for electricity.
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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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