Caplinger-Mills News

The National Weather Service reports that Petite Saline Creek near Boonville was a couple of feet above flood stage on Monday, and expected to rise another three feet before dropping.

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA 5NW * FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

This weekend the Missouri Water Patrol recovered the body of a Jericho Springs man who drown on the Sac River.

The Missouri Water Patrol says 44 year-old Charles Houk of Jerico Springs, Missouri died Saturday afternoon while he was fishing on the upside of a dam at Caplinger Mills.