Sara Jane (Poetker) Schad, 49, of Purdy, Missouri was called home to Heaven after suffering a short illness. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 1, 1975; the daughter of Larry and Barbara (Talken) Poetker and birth mother Julie Poe. She was united in marriage on October 9, 1999 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City, Missouri to Gary Schad; he survives.
Few teams are as young as the Wheaton volleyball squad. With no seniors and only three juniors, the team of 20 is focused on long-term goals and development coming off a trying 3-21 season last year.
Brought to the Cassville Aquatic Center’s Doggie Swim Day Saturday by owner Tammy Ennis, of Exeter, Gunner lived up to his breed by retrieving a duck in the pool over and over again. The Cassville Area YMCA, which operates the pool owned by the city, hosts a doggie swim day every year as the last event before winterization.
On Aug. 31, around 9:06 p.m., the Seligman Police Department responded to the intersection of State Highway 37 and Doc Meyer Road for a motor vehicle crash.
An Arkansas man was injured on Friday in a wreck at 12:01 a.m. on Highway W, two miles east of Wheaton.
Hayden Royer, a 2024 graduate of Wheaton High School, has received the Olin J. Brattin and Jim and Shirley Cook scholarships, administered by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
The Barry County University of Missouri Extension is holding a dry cured bacon (pork belly) workshop for youth and adults. Before refrigeration, many Missourians cured hams and pork bellies as a method of preserving food.
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Cassville football alumni from 1995-1999 were honored on Friday at the Wildcats’ home opener against McDonald County.
Paul Herbert Holmes, 80, of Monett, Mo. passed away on September 7, 2024, at his home.
