National Insurance Awareness Day is celebrated each year on June 28.

This day was created as a day to review your insurance coverage’s and all of your insurance needs. 

Don't forget to contact Countywide Insurance on Monday!

Insurance does offer one peace of mind knowing they are financially protected in case of loss, damage, illness or death. 

Happy National Insurance Awareness Day!

Stoddard County, Missouri - Route AF in Stoddard County Reduced for Pavement Overlay
 
Route AF in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane with a 9 foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement overlay.

This section of roadway is located from County Road 637 to Route 25.

Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, June 30 through Wednesday, July 30 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The work zone will be marked with signs.  Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near the area.

For additional information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (1-888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/southeast.

Stoddard County, Missouri - Route Z in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane with a 9 foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement overlay.

This section of roadway is located from Route 25 to Route 153.

Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, June 30 through Wednesday, July 30 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

The work zone will be marked with signs.  Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near the area.

For additional information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (1-888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/southeast.

Missouri - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages Missourians to celebrate summer with a favorite outdoor pastime for many -- frogging season. It begins at sunset on June 30 and ends Oct. 31.

Missouri has two frog species that are legal game — bullfrog and green frog. Bullfrogs are larger and therefore more sought-after. The taste and texture of frog meat is similar to that of fresh-water fish. For recipes, visit the MDC website at mdc.mo.gov/node/15131.

Frogging can be practiced with either a fishing permit or a hunting permit. Children under the age of 16 and Missouri residents over the age of 65 are not required to have a permit. The Wildlife Code of Missouri allows those with a fishing permit to take frogs by hand, hand net, atlatl, gig, bow, trotline, throw line, limb line, bank line, jug line, snagging, snaring, grabbing or pole and line. With a hunting permit, frogs may be harvested using a .22-caliber or smaller rifle or pistol, pellet gun, atlatl, bow, crossbow, or by hand or hand net. The use of an artificial light is permitted when frogging.

The daily limit is eight frogs of both species combined. The possession limit allows you to store no more than 16 frogs at a time.

Once a frog is speared, it must be harvested. The Wildlife Code of Missouri prohibits the release of a speared frog as “wanton waste” because the animal is not likely to recover. Any frog taken into actual possession, unless immediately released unharmed after being caught, is included in the daily limit.

For more information on bullfrog and green frog regulations, visit mdc.mo.gov/node/10834.

Dexter, Missouri - Gov. Jay Nixon and Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Richard Fordyce will visit Dexter on Wednesday (June 25) to meet with local soil and water district officials in Stoddard County for a roundtable discussion regarding legislation passed by the General Assembly that would reduce funding for the state’s soil and water conservation districts.
 
In 1984, Missouri voters approved a one-tenth-of-one-percent parks, soils and water sales tax to fund state parks and soil and water conservation efforts. Voters reauthorized the sales tax in 1988, 1996 and 2006.














 
Wednesday, June 25
 
WHO:               Gov. Jay Nixon
                          Missouri Department of Agriculture Director
                                     Richard Fordyce
                           Local soil and water district officials
                       
WHAT:            Roundtable discussion regarding legislation passed by
                         the General Assembly that would reduce funding for
                         the state’s soil and water conservation districts

WHEN:            1:45 p.m.
 
WHERE:          Stoddard County Soil and Water Conservation
                                      District office
                           18450 Ridgeview Lane
                           Dexter, MO