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Dexter receives Tree City designation

This state champion post oak in Dexter, Mo., is the oldest tree of its kind. Dexter was recently re-designated as a Tree City USA community for the 16th year.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Daily Statesman

Five DHS students attend Girls State

Mike McCoy photo Five Dexter High School students recently participated in Girls State at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Daily Statesman

Dexter fireworks display to be largest ever

Mike McCoy photo Sam's Fireworks is one of several seasonal businesses in the Dexter area.

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Southeast Missourian

Search continues for missing Dexter man

A Dexter man has been missing since Sunday at 4:30 p.m. from a campground in Wayne County.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Daily Statesman

Depot restoration gets back on track

Mike McCoy photo Shown above is the front side of the train depot on Southwest Main Street in Dexter.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Daily Statesman

Learning young about the spirit of giving

Nine-year-old Celeste Huey has witnessed first-hand the devastation of a cancer diagnosis.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Daily Statesman

Thoughts on Father's Day

This morning I'm thinking about my father, missing him after all these years. He died in 1995 at the age of 84, after a stroke in his brain stem.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Daily Statesman

Lessons learned; Homeland Security Drill held in Dexter

Noreen Hyslop Photo Dexter Fire Chief Al Banken served as Information officer for the HAZMAT event, with Jackson Bostic, environmental specialist with the DNR on hand to help direct and coordinate activities.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Daily Statesman

Heat causing 'explosions' on county roadways

The sudden surge in temperatures accompanied by more than normal rainfall in the past few weeks has led to a an outbreak of "blow-ups" on highways in Stoddard County that have kept Missouri Department of Transportation employees working around the clock.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Joplin

Dexter man drowns in southeast Missouri

News-Leader.com, MO A Dexter man drowned Saturday in the Castor River in Zalma, the Missouri Water Patrol said.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Southeast Missourian

Dexter man drowns in Bollinger County recreational area

A Dexter, Mo., man drowned Saturday in Bollinger County after trying to rescue a relative.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Southeast Missourian

Four in Dexter charged with stealing checks from home, using them to purchase TV sets

Dexter police arrested four local residents this week after an investigation of a home burglary at 1101 N. Sassafras St.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Daily Statesman

6 hurt in weekend wrecks in county

Noreen Hyslop Photo Both local teens involved in a Sunday afternoon wreck were wearing their seatbelts, avoiding serious injury, according to the Highway Patrol.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Daily Statesman

A country preacher, educator, marks 90 years

Noreen Hyslop photo - Rev. Doyle Corlew has spent a lifetime in front of a classroom and behind a pulpit.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Daily Statesman

International track star

MaKayla Waldner of Dexter was recently part of an international field for a track and field meet in Berlin, Germany.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Southeast Missourian

Car crashes through front of Southeast Missouri business

Customers inside The Launderer on One Mile Road Wednesday afternoon just after 5 p.m. were literally "shaken up," but no one was hurt when a Lincoln Town Car came crashing into the Dexter facility, taking out concrete blocks, bricks and the plate glass window in the front of the building.

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Daily Statesman

As one door closes, another opens

Noreen Hyslop Photo Carol and Joe Vinson stand at the counter at Chrisman Art Gallery, where they have conducted business in downtown Dexter for the past 30 years.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

Daily Statesman

Vintage WW II Navy dive bomber lands in Dexter

Mike McCoy photo Two crewmen from the West Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force touched down in a Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, above, to refuel and grab a bite to eat before heading on their way to an air show in Pennsylvania on Thursday.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Mo. teen gets probation in friend's overdose death

A Dexter man has been placed on probation for selling what appeared to be a pain medication to a friend who died of a drug overdose.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

Daily Statesman

Trains....I hate them!

Enough already with the delays on One Mile Road! If you live in or near Dexter or have ever visited Dexter and had to travel One Mile Road, odds are you have been delayed by a train.

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