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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., …

Giving Tree forms available

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 …

CMCA making plans for February career fair

Central Missouri Community Action is looking for local businesses to participate in a career fair for high school students in the county in February. The fair will be held Wednesday, Feb. 24, at …

Westbound I-70 traffic shifts near Boonville

Motorists traveling west-bound Interstate 70 in Cooper County should plan for a traffic shift overnight beginning Thursday, Oct. 29, to allow crews to rebuild the westbound lanes of I-70 as part of …
Obituaries
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 …
Chase M. Walker
Chase Michael Walker, 15, California, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. He was born Aug. 19, 2011, at St. Mary’s Hospital, the son of Jeremy Walker and Beth Green Walker. He was a freshman at …
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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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America 250 years

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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Moniteau County Fair

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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Under the Stone

The hands of a carpenter tell a story of creation, but for Stanley Lee Tucker, the homes he raised across Tipton stood in quiet contrast to the profound heartbreaks he endured within his own walls. …

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TYF teams defeat Hallsville on the road, will play in championship games

All three Tipton Youth football teams will play for the championship in their age division after taking wins against Hallsville Saturday, Oct. 16., At Hallsville. The third and fourth grade team …

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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 …
Housing Is the Largest Asset Most Americans Own. It’s Also the Only One They Don’t Diversify.
Stock portfolios get diversified. Bond holdings get diversified. Even alternative investments get spread across categories and geographies. But the single largest asset on most American household …
In Palm Beach County, Single-Family Homes and Condos Are Now Separate Markets
The question heard most often in Palm Beach County this year is whether the housing market is crashing. The numbers point somewhere else: two markets operating in the same zip codes, moving at …
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 …
In South Denver, Colorado, Temporary Rate Buydowns Are Expiring – and the Safety Net Isn’t There
The 2-1 buydown was supposed to be a bridge. Buyers who locked in mortgages two to three years ago at rates near 7% used the program to ease into ownership, paying two percentage points less in year …