Republic City Council, at its March 3 meeting, voted to bring 20.5 acres into the city, following a voluntary annexation request from Rader Trust. The land is located in the 7500 block of West Farm Road 174, southeast of Republic Ford.
The Ash Grove Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to annex Highway 160 and its right-of-way into the city of Ash Grove at the board’s March 9 meeting. The right-of-way extends east out of town approximately three quarters of a mile. No personal real estate was included in the annexation.
The Ash Grove Area Community Foundation is asking all community members to take a short community assessment survey at https://tinyurl.com/AshGroveSurvey. Surveys may help the group secure more grant money as part of the GRO initiative.
A Bois D’Arc man avoided prison time when he pleaded guilty to cattle theft in the Greene County Circuit Court in exchange for probation. According to court documents, Joseph Tummons entered the plea on Tuesday, March 3; in exchange, he will receive five years of supervised probation.
Tanner and Jenna Rust, with Clear Creek Family Dental in Ash Grove generously donated $1,000 to the Ash Grove Area Community Foundation. The group must raise $30,000 to fully establish itself as an affiliate with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
If you haven’t had the flu this winter, you most likely have been either careful or lucky. However, while the Center for Disease Control (CDC) states that flu season begins around October and peak flu activity takes place between December and February, flu season can continue as late as May.
In celebration of Read Across America week, March 2-6, all 2,284 Republic elementary students will be receiving an age-appropriate book to take home from district partner’s, Hood United Methodist Church.
The flag at Ash Grove’s First Christian Church is flown at half staff last week following the death of their beloved Pastor Tom Geer. Geer was a highly respected member of the community and will be missed following his death, the result of an extended battle with cancer.
Two Air Force Junior ROTC cadets at Republic High School, Cadet Noah Tattershall and Cadet Nathanyal Hanson, both juniors, have received a scholarship to attend an accredited aviation university, participating in a private pilot license training program in the summer of 2020. Cadet Jonathan Will
