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Crime Watch to host speaker on managing the harvest

This time of the year it is common to hear farmers, hunters and others discussing their success in the field of growing livestock and hunting.  The time of harvest is near and proper butchering …

Control of Missouri bindweed still depends on patience

Field bindweed is a persistent perennial weed that challenges Missouri gardeners, farmers and land managers by competing with and smothering other plants. Field bindweed is one of those weeds …

Report on cattle sale held last week

Kingsville Livestock Auction, Kingsville Report for Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 Receipts:   1,352; last week, 1,724 New crop calves with shots and cut sold $5 to $10 higher and …

Moniteau County Commission minutes

The Moniteau County Commission met at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. The following items were discussed and action taken. The commission voted to amend the cost of Kiely Ford Road creek crossing due …

Jobless rate dips again in September

The unemployment rate in Moniteau County dropped by more than another half a percentage point in September, to 2.6 percent from 3.3 percent. One year ago the rate was 2.8 percent in the county. …

Council to award bid on major water projects

The Tipton City Council will award the bid for two large water projects when it meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, at City Hall. The projects are to replace the 6-inch water line on Morgan …

Blood drives in area

There will be two opportunities for area residents to give blood in American Red Cross community blood drives. Otterville High School will host a blood drive from 1 until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. …

MSU senior earns research grants

A small plant could help Missouri State University researchers better understand the health of a local lake. Since 2025, biology senior Sarah Guymon has been studying Azolla caroliniana, a …

Pottery artist to speak to MCHS

The Moniteau County Historical Society will host artisans Lloyd and Ann Grotjan at its next meeting. It will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, at the Cultural Heritage Center, 201 N. High St., …
Obituaries
Harold J. Hancock
Harold Joseph Hancock, 78, of Tipton, died Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, at his home. He was born Feb. 1, 1948, at St. Louis, a son of Harold “Pete” and Lena Mae Jones Hancock. On June 20, 1981, he …
Kelly C. Kohler
Kelly Colin Kohler, 56, of Tipton, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at his home, surrounded by his family, after a battle with cancer. He was born on July 8, 1970, in Sedalia, …
Shirley M. Dick
Shirley Mae Dick, 83, Sedalia, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, at E.W. Thompson Health & Rehab. She was born May 18, 1943, in Sedalia, the daughter of Leonard Charles and Rosemary Cole Goss. …
Allen W. Stock
Allen Wayne Stock, 75, Holts Summit, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. He was born Dec. 11, 1950, in Jefferson City, a son of Ernest and Lola Sowders Stock. He attended Jefferson City High School, …
Tonny L. Curry
Tonny Lee Curry, 63, Pilot Grove, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. He was born July 29, 1963, in Sedalia, the son of Donald Sterling Curry and Lucille …
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Tipton Fall Sports 2026

This week’s issue of The Tipton Times includes the annual preview of fall sports. Coaches’ thoughts on the Tipton Cardinal varsity football, volleyball, girls golf and cross country teams, …

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This issue of your Tipton Times includes a section devoted to wishing the United States of America a “Happy 250th Birthday!” The 24-page “America 250” section features articles on the …

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This issue of The Tipton Times includes the 160th Moniteau County Fair Days book, featuring everything you need to know about the fair. This year’s guide was produced by The Times for the …

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The Tipton Ministerial Alliance is once again teaming up with Commerce Bank to hold the annual Giving Tree distribution at Christmas.   Forms to register families and children for the tree …

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MDC encourages hunters to have deer sampled for CWD all season

The Missouri Department of Conservation is again asking deer hunters to have their deer sampled for chronic wasting disease. Hunters play an important role in helping MDC monitor the disease and the …

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Self-Employed and Can’t Get a Mortgage? The Loan Type May Be the Problem
Many self-employed borrowers who are told they do not qualify for a mortgage are not actually unqualified. They are applying through a loan type that measures income in a way that works against them. …
A Seller’s Strongest Negotiating Position in Fairfield County, CT Starts Before the First Showing
The Fairfield County, Connecticut housing market heading into fall 2026 doesn’t fit neatly into a single headline. Some homes are drawing multiple offers above asking. Others, in the same county …
Mortgage-Dependent Buyers Are Being Squeezed Out of the Florida Keys
There is a growing divide in the Florida Keys housing market, and it runs along a single fault line: whether a buyer needs a mortgage. Cash buyers – many of them retirees and business owners from …
Massachusetts Appraisal Rules Change in November. Buyers Who Wait to Prepare Will Lose Deals.
Most Massachusetts homebuyers will not think about new appraisal rules until those rules delay their closing. By then, according to Colleen Barry of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, the …
Columbus, Ohio Has 2.23 Million Residents and Barely 6,000 Homes for Sale
A metropolitan area of 2.23 million people should have a deeper housing market than what Columbus, Ohio is showing right now. According to Central Ohio MLS data cited by Barbara Gale of the Gale …
Washington Is Starting to Name the Middle-Income Renter, Without Yet Funding the Fix
A new federal housing effort has directed the Government Accountability Office to study a formal income definition for the middle class, roughly 80 to 120 percent of area median income, and to …