The Monett Area Chamber of Commerce honored its past leaders at its annual banquet and elected new officers last week. At the same time, the board suspended its executive director in an unusual move following the annual meeting of both the incoming and outgoing boards.
Voters in the Pierce City school district are being asked to vote for an unprecedented 87-cent increase in the district’s operating levy in the April 7 election. The campaign to promote the issue launched last week as organizers plan a push in the last four weeks to sell the issue.
The Monett Area Chamber of Commerce presented its highest honor, the Community Service Award, to Dustin Stellwagen at its annual membership banquet on March 5.
The City of Mt. Vernon has kicked off a new economic development strategic planning initiative in partnership with O’Brian & Associates to guide the city’s growth and strengthen its local economy for years to come.
The Monett school board voted to demolish the structure known as the South Building on the former high school/middle school campus at its March meeting.
The decision to demolish a major building in the school system came without raising any questions from school board members.
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The push to change Monett’s form of government from a commission form to something else saw revitalization on Feb. 26 as Monett Mayor Randy Burke raised the issue in a public meeting, prompting a confrontation with Commissioner Ken Gaspar over the process.
