Monett News

The 13th annual Southwest Missouri Agriculture Tour, hosted by Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt, will have an emphasis on urban agriculture, gardening and agri-businesses when it rolls out on Aug.

Cox Monett Hospital has been awarded a $599,872 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health to develop a Community Asthma Network program in Barry and Lawrence counties.

The Monett City Council agreed to drop a lawsuit over Barry County's 911 system and keep options open as participants in a class-action lawsuit over telephone taxes.

A group trying to lock in future water supplies for southwest Missouri is considering three potential reservoirs, but emphasizes that building new reservoirs is a low priority.

New construction is being considered by the Monett R-1 Board of Education. Board members also heard an update on current building projects and approved a work contract at their June monthly meeting.

Fireworks filled the sky over Monett's South Park for the Fourth of July. In addition to starbursts and streams, multiple rockets fired together ignited into a panorama of colored light, streaking across the sky and descending in brightly colored tendrils to the delight of the crowd.

Fundraising efforts for The Den youth center in Monett are moving forward, and volunteer organizers are hoping to increase giving during the month of July to take advantage of a generous pledge offered by an anonymous donor.

Officers for the coming year and awards for service during the past year were announced by the Freistatt Lions Club at its annual Charter Night.

After last week's heat wave, most area residents are wondering what to expect during the remainder of the summer.

With Fourth of July celebrations just days away, authorities remind patrons of firework safety and city ordinances on the usage of fireworks.

Monett's annual fireworks display will again be held on July 4 in South Park. A scheduled time has not been set for the fireworks show other than when it becomes dark.

In conjunction with the Southwest Missouri DWI Task Force, the Monett Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint at the intersection of Highways 37 and 60 on June 27 in a continued effort to deter drunk driving.

Celebrating 50 years of Vaughn Companies in Monett recently were members of the Vaughn family, who are standing next to one of the business's distinctive red and back trucks.

Details about the Rainbow Network, an international philanthropic organization based in Springfield that has worked with Monett physicians, were shared at last week's meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club.

This year's Monett Junior Livestock Show went off without a hitch as area youngsters from across southwest Missouri exhibited their prized animals at two show arenas located at the farm of Danny and Julie Vaught just north of Monett off of Highway H. The Monett Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual event, which is one of the oldest running youth ...

Two people from Seneca was seriously injured and a man from Cassville suffered moderate injuries Friday morning when the cars in which they rode collided about four miles west of Newtonia, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol.

It was just a drill. That was the reassuring announcement made several times Saturday morning as fire, police, ambulance and other local agencies gathered at the Monett Wastewater Treatment Plant to practice various techniques that might be needed in case of a possible hazardous materials contamination.

Progress on projects within Monett's tax increment financing districts and the financial health of the projects paid for by sales tax revenues under the TIF program were reviewed at the recent quarterly meeting of the Monett TIF Commission.

One of downtown Monett's downtown landmarks has a new owner with plans to open a coffee shop and art gallery on Broadway.

A variety of city projects were discussed at the monthly meeting of the Monett City Council last week.