Webster County – Contractor crews are set to CLOSE the Webster County Route B bridge over I-44 west of Marshfield at Exit 96 for up to 115 days beginning the week of March 18 to rehabilitate the bridge, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. more

As the weather starts to warm up and people start cleaning up their years, the city of Marshfield has announced the dates of limb pick-up. more

SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 1st Class Grant Rumfelt, a native of Conway, Missouri, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Surface Combat Systems Training Command San Diego. more

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people that strong winds, low humidity, and dry conditions this time of year means extra caution is needed to avoid unexpected wildfires. According to MDC, a main cause of wildfires is improper burning of debris such as leaves or brush piles. more

David (Chuck) Replogle, Associate Circuit Judge Webster County, has filed for Circuit Judge of the 30th Judicial Circuit which encompasses Webster, Polk, Dallas, and Hickory counties. The current Circuit Judge, Michael Hendrickson, has recently announced his intention to retire. more

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds Missouri hunters and anglers that related annual permits expire at the end of February, including 2023 permits for small game, fishing, trout fishing, and combination hunting and fishing. more

Webster County wrestling athletes left their best on the mats at the Class 3 Missouri State High School Activities Association tournament over the weekend. The tournament ran Feb. 21-24 with Class 1 and 2 boys and Class 1 girls competing Wednesday and Thursday, and Class 3 and 4 boys and Class 2 girls competing Friday and Saturday. more

Public access and fishing will be prohibited on the west bank near the hatchery office in Zone 1 to the Highway 64 A bridge in Zone 2, including the top of the dam. more

A new Bereavement Support Group is starting in Marshfield. It will be held at the Marshfield Senior Center on the first Tuesday of the month at 2:00 PM. more

Marshfield, MO – Thanks to a grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health, the Webster County Health Unit will be hosting a series of countywide focus groups seeking input from community members regarding a myriad of behavioral and mental health issues. more

The Missouri Prime Beef Packers, located in Pleasant Hope, has informed the state that it will be closing the facility in April, putting 335 people out of jobs. more

Candidate filing for the Aug. 6, 2024 Primary Election began bright and early Tuesday, Feb. 27.  This includes candidates for Federal, State & County office, as well as candidates for local political party committees. more

The Webster County Farm Bureau visited second and third grade classrooms last week to leave an impression of the importance of agriculture with local elementary students. more

It was a full house February 9-11 at Margaritaville Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks where Missouri Farm Bureau’s (MOFB) Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Leadership Conference hosted more than 500 farmers and ranchers from across the state. more

On Saturday, February 10th fifteen Marshfield students participated in the Invitational Honor Choir hosted by Southwest Baptist University (SBU). more

Missouri turkey hunters can apply online during February for 2024 spring turkey managed hunts through the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) website at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/turkey/turkey-spring-managed-hunts. more

The Missouri Ozarks are chock full of both caves and legends about them. Gaudily colored advertising of outlaws and wayward conquistadors, cry forth from tourist brochures, billboards and painted barn tops, often alluding to buried hordes of plunder. Caves with more credible tales get more dignified advertising and historic markers. These “cave tales” whether true or not have one big difference with Marshfield’s subterranean wonderland; those caves actually exist. It is easy to build a cave legend around some wild tale. In Marshfield we seem to have legends “of” a cave, rather than those “about” one. Where did they come from? Three answers, wagons, newspapers and land speculation. more

Species: Southern flying squirrel more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Join us as Governor Mike Parson, Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe, Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn, Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven and Missouri FFA leadership will proclaim Feb. 17-24, 2024, as National FFA Week in Missouri. more

A life was saved in Rogersville recently, thanks to a free dose of Narcan, alert convenience store employees and preparedness training from the Webster County Health Unit. more

The Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce continues a packed calendar of events with a Chamber Power Hour networking event scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 21. The lunch will take place at Las Cazuelas, located at 104 Wilson Way in Marshfield. more

Have you ever heard the legend of the cave? For generations, tales have persisted that beneath Marshfield lay a grotto of extraordinary breadth and depth, connecting many of the buildings around the square. The stories range from outlandish to downright plausible, with no one able to put an “X” on a spot of known entry. Rumors of alleged openings, some still supposedly in use, follow every building with a lower level. The only thing found thus far that even closely denotes an entrance is/was an old cistern in the back of the Ritz, which served in the theater days as part of an arcane cooling system. It is unknown whether it survived the remodel, but pictures of it can be seen at the museum. Scouring the rock outcroppings in the park and springs around the city yields nothing, but every old-timer you ask, can relate, with a twinkle in his eye, about somebody long dead, “who coulda told ya.” more

Two Webster County children are sporting new, significantly shorter hairstyles. Adalynn and Nadia Rowe, sisters in Marshfield, made the decision to cut off their hair to donate to a charity that makes wigs for patients with medical hair loss. more

Species: Eastern Bluebird more

BOLIVAR, MO – Missouri’s signature family festival combining fun activities with a celebration of the  state’s beef industry – Missouri Beef Days – returns to Bolivar May 4-11, 2024. This year’s event will  host a full slate of events including a concert by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils.  more