July 17, 2025
Bursting with color and relatively low-maintenance, petunias are a longtime favorite of gardeners. But that wasn’t always the case. Many older cultivars did not tolerate heat well, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. They would go through a “summer swoon” that required severe trimming back for renewed growth and bloom in the cooler
The Dirt on Soil Did you know there are more microorganisms in a tablespoon of soil than there are people on earth? Soil is an amazing recycling operation, a constant re-combining of minerals and decaying plants and animals. An average soil sample is 45 percent minerals, 25 percent water, 25 percent air, and five percent
by Helen Ellerman Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City, will close at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 22. She will close as soon as she serves breakfast. She will be closed on Friday, March 29, and Sunday, April 1, for the Easter holiday. She will reopen on Monday, April 2, at her regular time. Jewell and
by Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Morning message at the Rockville United Methodist Church by Pastor Nick Van Dam was titled “Physical Touch” from Matthew 8: 1-3. Mt. Zion Home Bible study held in the Tom and Beverly Pelkey home each Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. to study the Bible; everyone is welcome to join
Just got a new wallpaper photo for my cell phone from Adrian on Tuesday (a photo of Van holding up his head), and news that Van had his first ear infection, a double, over the weekend. The daycare staff alerted Adrian Monday because he was sleeping all the time. That was not a symptom when
In 2017, Missourians were reminded once again of the deadly, unforgiving force of severe weather. The state suffered its first tornado death in five years; with nine flooding fatalities, Missouri also experienced its second deadliest year for flooding in almost a decade. Beginning April 28, 2017, Missouri was hit by up to 12 inches of
GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW – On Sunday afternoon, area youth got their animals ready for the Land O Lake Youth Fair by bringing them to the sale barn so the Land O Lakes Youth Fair Board could tattoo their steers and heifers and weigh them. Here Jerry Brackenridge applies ink to the tattoo while
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt On an early September morning last year, a Springfield mom walked into her daughter’s bedroom and experienced a tragedy no parent should ever have to face. Following a four-year battle with opioid addiction, her 20-year old daughter, a former high school cheerleader, was face-down in her bed after suffering a fatal
The Sac Osage Board of directors voted on Dec. 22, 2017, to increase electric rates by $4 per meter beginning April 1, 2018. This will be done by raising the availability charge. For example, residential availability charges will go from $26 to $30. Residential “seasonal” availability charges will go from $29 to $33. This change
Governor Eric Greitens announced that for the first time in Missouri history a portrait of an African-American will be displayed at the Governor’s Mansion. The portrait, depicting George Washington Carver, was painted by a Missouri artist, Joanna Reid. “We hang this portrait today because George Washington Carver is one of us. He is a Missourian
