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Rides, food, vendors, live entertainment and duck race are just a few of the smorgasbord of activities set to entertain thousands of people at the Wheaton City Park on Saturday.

An Iowa woman serious seriously injured and was arrested following a wreck at 2:45 p.m. Thursday on Highway 39, five miles north of Shell Knob.

The deadline for the Mid South Writers Fiction Contest is rapidly approaching. Any unpublished or self-published writer in Barry County 18 years of age or older is eligible to enter, and entries are due by Sept.

The Wheaton Historical Society held a meeting on Aug. 7, where new officers were elected and plans were made to man the pop stand, as in years before, at the Wheaton Fire Department’s annual barbecue, which is Saturday.

A Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) public notice regarding the land application of processing waste materials by Denali Water Solutions — and 18 other companies who land-apply processing waste in Missouri – is now open for public comment on the department’s website. Residents can comment on the proposed permit at https:// dnr.mo.gov/water/what-weredoing/ public-notices, referenced as No-Discharge Land Application of Process Wastes Operating Under Permit Exemption, through Dec.

The MU Extension in Barry County hired a new employee over the summer, a nutritionist charged with educating the public on options for healthy eating and living. Bailey McAlister, a McDonald County graduate with an associate’s degree from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and a bachelor’s in ag communication from the University of Arkansas, started as nutrition program associate on June 12.

A Washburn man has been arrested for alleged sexual misconduct in the summer of 2022 following a join investigation by Missouri and Michigan authorities. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control arrested Maynard Burlen Lipscomb, 70, of Washburn on Aug.