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Dexter officer to start training for new K-9 unit
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
The Dexter Police Department’s new canine unit is one step closer to becoming a reality with the recent selection of its officer/handler. Thomas Forkum was chosen from a group of officers who put in for the position, said Dexter Police Chief Trevor Pulley...
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Dexter aldermen approve resolution
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
The Dexter Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution during a special meeting Friday morning giving city officials permission to apply for grant funding for phase three of the city’s trail project. “We have applied for a Missouri Department of Natural Resources trail grant, and it is due” on Feb. 15, explained City Administrator Mark Stidham...
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Stoddard County to host annual commission meeting
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
Stoddard County will host nearly 20 other commissions within the southeast district during next month’s annual meeting. The Southeast District Commissioners meeting is held to discuss issues pertinent to individual county governments in the areas or statewide...
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Love to the Power of 60
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
“We became foster parents,” explains Zenita Smith, “because we wanted to adopt a little girl, and to adopt, you first had to be foster parents. Being foster parents, really was not our goal.” “We were happy, and felt our family was complete,” recalls Zenita. “Christopher was 12 and Jackie 10, when we met the little girl who was in foster care, and whom we hoped to adopt.”...
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Dee Eugene Griffin
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Dee Eugene Griffin, son of the late Dee Ves Griffin and Florence Corene Horn Griffin was born in Dexter, Missouri on Jan. 3, 1932 and departed this life in The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. on February 11, 2019 at the age of 87. Mr. Griffin had served his country in the United States Air Force having retired after 24 years. He then worked for United States Postal Service for 20 years until his retirement. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church of Bernie and a resident of Dexter...
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Guy Poplin Perkins
(Local News ~ 02/12/19)
Guy Poplin Perkins, son of the late Paul Perkins and Roberta Poplin Perkins, was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on Oct. 24, 1938 and departed this life at his residence in Bernie, Missouri on Feb. 11, 2019 at the age of 80. Mr. Perkins was a farmer. He attended Word of Faith Family Church of Bernie and New Covenant Fellowship/Crusade Center of Dexter, Missouri...
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Ralph Eugene Hessling, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Ralph Eugene Hessling, Jr., son of the late Ralph Eugene Hessling, Sr. and Freddie Pearl Lucy Hessling was born on December 21, 1938 in Canalou, Missouri and departed this life on February 12, 2019 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 80 years...
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Mildred Colleen Mooney
(Obituary ~ 02/12/19)
Mildred Colleen Mooney, 102, of Columbia, MO, formerly of Dexter, MO, passed away on January 30, 2019. She was born on April 17, 1916, in Couch, MO, the third daughter of Nora Couch Tucker and Noah Otto Tucker. She attended the Couch public schools where she graduated from high school in 1934. ...
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