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Dexter School Board updates policies; approves audit bid
(Local News ~ 09/22/20)
The Dexter School Board approved policy updates and a bid to hire a company to perform the annual audit. Policy updates Superintendent Amy James presented a series of policy updates, as recommended by Missouri Consultants for Education (MCE). These updates were presented to the board at the August meeting for consideration and approved at the September meeting. ...
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Commission approves CARES Act money for school; restaurant
(Local News ~ 09/22/20)
BLOOMFIELD The Stoddard County Commission approved $64,790.88 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act payments Monday to a county school and a Dexter restaurant. The commission awarded $23,521.94 to American Steakhouse and $41,268.94 to the Bell City R-II School District for the purchase of Chromebooks, an online teaching program and bottle filling stations...
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SB40 Board approves proposed budget
(Local News ~ 09/22/20)
The Stoddard County SB40 Board approved a proposed budget at its September meeting. The proposed budget is subject to change, pending a public hearing at the meeting in November. Board Chairman Josh Hester prepared the proposed budget and presented it to the board...
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Stoddard County Court Records for the week of September 23
(Local News ~ 09/22/20)
Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Sept. 7-11, 2020 Dustin L. Mayer and Cecil Hartline to First Midwest Bank. Dexters East Addition Dexter Block 7 Lots 7-8. Nelda J. Douglas to Baker Family Trust. Westview Acres Addition Dexter Block 1 Lot 24...
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Eugene Hyten
(Obituary ~ 09/22/20)
Eugene Hyten, son of the late John Henry Hyten and Lillie Mae Trotter Hyten was born on July 9, 1930 in LaValle, Missouri and departed this life on September 21, 2020 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 90. Mr. Hyten was the street department superintendent for the City of Dexter for over twenty-three years. He was a member of the Duck Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Puxico and was a resident of Dexter...
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Dale Ray Pixley II
(Obituary ~ 09/22/20)
Dale Ray Pixley II, son of Rose Martin Pixley and the late Dale Ray Pixley, was born on September 28, 1965 in Bellflower, California, and departed this life on September 15, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 54 years...
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Ella Marie Goldman
(Obituary ~ 09/22/20)
Ella Marie Goldman, daughter of the late Roy Wolfe and Ora Simmons Wolfe, was born on September 22, 1930 in White County, Illinois, and departed this life on September 17, 2020 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 89 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, September 21, 2020. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...
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Dexter Police For the week of September 23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/22/20)
Corey Foster, 30, of Dexter was arrested at 11:27 a.m. Sept. 6 on suspicion of driving while revoked/suspended and on a warrant. Foster was booked at the Dexter City Jail. Adam Thurman, 29, of Dexter was arrested at 10:20 a.m. Sept. 7 on a Dexter municipal failure to appear warrant. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail...
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Stoddard County Sheriff for the week of September 23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/22/20)
Justin Charles Spitxer, 37, of Bernie was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for fourth-degree assault and first-degree burglary. Zachariah Duane Harris, 39, of Sikeston was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for probation violation...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol for the week of September 23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/22/20)
Two Stoddard County residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, on Highway 114 at Highway 153 at Essex. According to the report, Ralph D. Mclean, 40, of St. Louis was operating a southbound 2006 Hino truck when he pulled into the path of a 2008 Chrysler Sebring being driven westbound by Judy E. Harris, 70, of Dexter...
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Stoddard County confirms two COVID-19 related deaths in nursing home outbreak
(Local News ~ 09/22/20)
Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center. Godwin has confirmed two more COVID-19 related deaths in the nursing home outbreak. This brings Stoddard County to 16 COVID-19 related deaths. Godwin also confirmed 8 new cases of COVID-19 along with 14 recoveries. Stoddard County now sits at 515 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 119 active, 380 recoveries and 16 deaths...
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