Local News – Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
The Dent County Commission met Monday morning at the Dent County Courthouse. It was announced that District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson was contacted by Governor Parson’s office that he had been selected to replace former Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles as the new presiding commissioner. No further details were available at this time. Larson was appointed as the acting presiding commissioner by Dent County Clerk Angie Curley for the meeting. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Wes Mobray stated grading will continue on Dent County Road 5680 while materials would be added and grading done on Dent County Roads 4150, 4155, 4157 and 6580. District 2 Commissioner Larson said materials would be added and grading done on Dent County Road 2020 while only grading would be done on county roads 2025, 2530, 2540, 2550, 3220, 6130 and 6140. He said a man would also be going to Springfield to get another load of oil for chip and seal repair. Clerk Angie Curley said she attended the Missouri Association of Counties board meeting Tuesday and attended the MAC Legislative Day on Wednesday. Mobray then signed the reimbursement request from MoDOT for the Cooley Bridge FLAP Project 0057 in the amount of $127,548.98. At the last meeting, the county received only one bid for the culvert polypropylene pipes from Viebrock Sales for $22,024.00. The commission approved that bid. The county did receive three bids for grader blades. The bids were from McCoy Construction and Forestry for $175 per blade for the Caterpillar graders and $145 each for the John Deere graders with a minimum of 50 blades to be bought; Viebrock Sales bid came in at $7,180.00 and the bid from Woolf Equipment of $5,331.80. The motion was made and the commission approved going with the bid from Woolf Equipment for grader blades. The next meeting of the Dent County Commission will be Thursday morning at 9:00 at the courthouse and the meeting is open to the public.
The Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors will conduct their April meeting tonight at 6:00 in the hospital library. Hospital Administrator Wayne Reid will give his report before old business is discussed including the kitchen drain proposal, architect work on the clinic, medical staff bylaw updates, and strategic planning updates. New business has the swearing in of District 4 director Willie Strader, a review of purchases, the accounts payable and legislative report. Reports will then be heard on the summary of operations and statistics for the month of March, the 340B program, hospital resources update, the hospital foundation report and a report from the Chief Nursing Officer Ashley Sullins to be followed by the marketing and community relations report. The board may then vote to go into closed session if needed. They meeting this evening will be at 6:00 and is open to the public.
The Dent County Sheriff’s office has released several reports for the first part of April. On Saturday the 8th, a deputy conducted a traffic stop in the 19000 block of East Highway 32. During the stop, a 50-year old St. Louis man was driving with a suspended driving privilege. He was arrested and transported to the Dent County jail where he was processed and released on a citation. On Tuesday, April 11th, a deputy was called to the 9000 block of South Highway 19 for a report of a suspicious tractor. During the investigation, the tractor was found to have been stolen from the 1800 block of South Main Street in Salem. The victim, a 56-year-old Rolla man, was contacted and advised of the recovery. The investigation is ongoing. Later that same day a deputy conducted a traffic stop on International Street. During the stop, the operator was found to be intoxicated. The driver, a 43-year-old Salem man, was arrested and transported to the Dent County jail. On Wednesday, April 12th, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on West Third Street. During the stop, a 39-year-old Salem man who was driving was found to have an active arrest warrant. He was taken into custody and transported to the Dent County jail where he was issued a traffic citation and incarcerated on the warrant. That same day, a deputy met with a 60-year-old St. Louis man, who reported that a tractor part valued at $389 was stolen from his property in the 1600 block of Dent County Road 2120. The investigation is ongoing pending any investigative leads. Contact the Dent County Sheriffs office at 729-3241 if you have information regarding an investigation.
An accident happened Sunday afternoon just before 5:00 in Crawford County on Highway 8 and Route TT. According to the highway patrol report, a 2009 Jeep Liberty being driven north by a 16-year-old male juvenile of Steelville, failed to yield and struck a 2001 Dodge Dakota being driven west by 59-year-old John Bullinger, also of Steelville. Bullinger suffered minor injuries but refused treatment at the scene. Both vehicles sustained extensive damage and were removed from the scene by Miles and Sons Towing. The report went on to state that both drivers were wearing seat restraints at the time of the accident.