TODAY IS DEADLINE TO FILE FOR AUGUST PRIMARY ELECTION
The deadline to file to run in the August Primary election is quickly approaching.
According to the Secretary of State Office, today is the final day that candidates can file for the primary election, which will be held on August 2nd.
Anyone who has not registered to vote has until July 6th to get their registration in.
STODDARD COUNTY OFFICIALS TO SPEAK AT SUICIDE PREVENTION MEETING TODAY
Multiple speakers will be presenting at a Suicide Prevention Meeting today in Stoddard County.
The meeting is open to the public and will be from 10 am to noon at the Hidden Trails Country Club in Dexter.
The speakers will include Stoddard County Coroner Brent Stidham, Dexter Police Department Captain Cory Mills, and Dexter City Administrator Trevor Pulley, among others.
PAVEMENT REPAIRS TO CAUSE DELAYS IN NEW MADRID COUNTY
Route EE in New Madrid County will be reduced with a 10-foot width restriction for almost a month as contractor crew’s mill and overlay the roadway.
According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the section of roadway to be reduced is located from Reeder Street to County Road 335.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 7 am to 5 pm daily through Monday, April 25th.
MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST TO CONDUCT PRESCRIBED BURNING
Officials with Mark Twain National Forest say that multiple prescribed burns will be conducted across the forest.
Forest employees will be conducting spring prescribed burning, as weather allows, in the coming weeks.
A prescribed fire is a fire ignited by highly trained wildland firefighting personnel under very specific fuel and weather conditions. Each prescribed burn will be conducted to minimize smoke impacts to local communities when favorable atmospheric conditions disperse smoke quickly.
Prescribed fires are used to reduce the threat of severe wildfire and to improve the health of native plants and wildlife habitat. Deer, turkey, quail, and other species benefit when plants they depend on for food and cover are rejuvenated using prescribed fire.
Officials say that the Forest is also in its spring fire season and has already responded to several wildfires this year.
ONE FLOWN FROM THE SCENE OF A WRECK IN STODDARD COUNTY
An area man was flown from the scene of a single vehicle wreck Monday in Southeast Missouri.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 25 year old Zackary Moore, of Puxico, was driving on County Road 279, 2 miles east of Puxico in Stoddard County when his vehicle struck an embankment then overturned.
Moore suffered serious injuries in the wreck and was flown to a St. Louis hospital.
DATE ANNOUNCED FOR OPENING OF WAPPAPELLO LAKE BEACHES
The US Army Corps of Engineers has announced when beaches will open at Wappapello Lake.
According to the Corps of Engineers Facebook page, all beaches at Wappapello Lake will be opening on April 22nd. The date could change depending on the lake levels at the time.
The Corps of Engineers have also said that the People’s Creek Lower Campground will be opening on April 6th.
