Dexter, MO - Large GARAGE SALE including 2019 Nissan Altima!  Sale will be held Friday and Saturday, May 29th and 30th beginning at 7 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. located at 16560 State Hwy AF in Dexter.

2019 Nissan Altima has 13,000 miles and is $16,700 (call or text 573.421.3617)  Have Car FAx to verify accident free.

Other items include numerous sports items including, but not limited to wrestling head gear, baseball bats, baseball gloves, and softball gloves.

Young adult and teenage workout clothing.  Lots of athletic style clothes to choose from.  Jeans shorts also.  Adult jeans and other nice name brand clothing including Nike Adidas and UnderArmor.

Lots of toys, a security screen door, Cub Cadet riding lawn mower, kitchen items, car seat, newborn to size 7 girls clothing, bread making machine, toaster oven, and many household items.

Business U.S. 60 in Stoddard County will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs. 

This section of roadway is located from Locust Street to Mulberry Street in Dexter, Missouri.     

Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday, May 26 through Thursday, May 28 from 7 a.m. to 4 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 

Dexter, MO - The City of Dexter Board of Alderman at a regular meeting on May 18, 2020 passed Resolution No. 2020.01 Resolution Authorizing the City of Dexter to Add a Surcharge on Monthly Sanitation Bills Due to Covid-19.

Whereas, due to COVID-19 and the citizens of the City of Dexter being unable to recycle, the sanitation department is receiving an influx of trash; and

Whereas, the City has incurred additional cost due to said influx.

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Dexter, Missouri, that a monthly surcharge of One Dollar ($1.00) be added to residential customers, a Two Dollar ($2.00) surcharge be added to commercial customers, and a Five Dollar ($5.00) surcharge be added to customers with dumpsters, effective June 1, 2020.  That the surcharges shall continue until the City determines it is no longer needed and rescinds the surcharge.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen this 18th day of May, 2020.

Signed by the Mayor.

100-Mile Yard Sale Kicks Off This Week; Drivers Urged To Use Caution

Visitors and residents will be out in full force along Route 25 Memorial Day weekend in search of bargains at the 100-Mile Yard Sale, but MoDOT wants you to remember the greatest savings of the event could be a life.

“It’s a fun weekend that people look forward to each year,” says Traffic Engineer Craig Compas, “but we want people to remember that there’s more traffic and more congestion along Route 25 this weekend than any other and drivers need to keep that in mind.”

MoDOT will do its part to bring the safety message to the forefront.  Message boards will be in place along the route to alert drivers of the unusual traffic patterns and promote safe driving.

“We really want drivers to be alert—to be aware of their surroundings, to be aware of sudden stops and to look for pedestrian traffic,” Compas says.  “Additionally, there is an increase in traffic, including large truck traffic, between the City of Jackson and the Route AB in Cape Girardeau County due to the Diverging Diamond Interchange construction. While we want everyone to enjoy themselves, we ask that people also be as safe as possible.”

For more information, contact Compas at (573) 472-5310 or call MoDOT’s Customer Service Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK-MODOT

Stoddard County, MO - The deadline to submit applications for an Absentee Ballot for the June 2, 2020 election is May 20, 2020.

Stoddard County Clerk Cecil Weeks stated, "Residents should call my office at 573-568-3339 or 573-568-2174 to request an application."

The absentee ballot will have to be notarized unless the individual is incapacitated or confined by illness or physical disability.

The caretaker of an individual incapacitated or confined by illness or physical disability is also not required to have an absentee ballot notarized.

The application can be mailed back or the applicant can return the application to the county clerk's office in Bloomfield.

Currently government offices are still closed due to the COVID-19 situation so the applicant cannot enter the office. However, Weeks said if the applicant will call upon their arrival someone will come outside to retrieve the application. 

Weeks stressed that the last day an absentee ballot can be mailed/postmarked is May 20, 2020.