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It’s rodeo time in Gainesville this weekend.
The action starts at 8 p.m. Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2 at the Gainesville Saddle Club Arena.
Admission is $8 for adults. Kids 10 and under are free.
In addition to the rodeo, organizers said there will a kids’ slip-and-slide on the big hill...
By Jerry Kiger, MDC
Ozark County conservation agent
On May 24, I received a call about an injured bald eagle here in Ozark County.
I went to the area where the caller told me the eagle was and found it lying on the ground just inside the fence in a cow pasture. As I started getting everything...
Things are busy at the Gainesville Veterinary Hospital, and owner/veterinarians Bryan Luark and Katlin Hornig recently welcomed new veterinarian Dr. Gillian Henson-Van Wyk to the staff to help care for Ozark County residents’ many animal needs.
Henson graduated from veterinary school at Ross...
Ozark County resident Rebecca Ruud is set to face 31st Judicial Circuit Judge Calvin Holden next week for a bench trial where she’s charged with murdering her 16-year-old daughter Savannah Leckie in 2017 and burning the girl’s body in a fire on her off-the-grid farm near Theodosia.
The trial is...
Gainesville native and nurse practitioner Marti Warden has decided to bring her nearly 25 years of medical experience back to Ozark County with the recent opening of her clinic, First Call Family Healthcare.
Marti, along with clinic staff including sister Kelli Humphries, sister-in-law Teodora...
Regan Blackburn, an 11-year-old girl from Pontiac, swept the competition in the June 18 annual spearfishing tournament held in Bull Shoals Lake at Pontiac Cove Marina with a whopping 14 pound 15 ounce catfish.
Regan completed her certification to scuba dive last May when she was 10. She is the...
The Gainesville Saddle Club is hosting a fun show at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at the Gainesville Saddle Club Grounds
The Saddle Club hosts the fun shows every fourth Sunday of the month, weather permitting. Everyone is welcome to come join in on the fun, which features a variety of events for...
The Hootin an Hollarin Committee has been meeting monthly since April, and organizers say there are some exciting changes coming to this year’s festival, to be held Sept. 15-17, on the Gainesville square.
Hootin an Hollarin Chairperson Paula Rose, who has taken the reigns this year from long-time...
Ozark County students are basking in summer school.
Area schools report good enrollment numbers and lots of learning and special activities.
“We have had a wonderful summer school session,” said Dora Summer School Administrator Sherry Ross. “We started on May 23 and will be done on June 15.”
Ross...
County employees who travel for county business may see an increase in mileage and food expenses.
Ozark County Commissioners discussed the topic for some time during their regular weekly meeting Monday, but tabled the issue until June 21 so they could research the issue and gather input and...