Jim Ruse Receives Educator’s Award; Appointed County Commissioner 2018
James L. Ruse, Gallatin R-5 High School Superintendent from 1990 to 2010, was honored by the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) in 2018 for his service to public education. Ruse was one of eight former educators to receive the...
Sports: Pro Golfer Brice Garnett, Gallatin’s Most Celebrated Athlete
Small town boy makes good? You better believe it. He isn’t able to spend much time in his hometown these days, but one of Gallatin’s most recognizable faces will be at the head of the 2018 Chautauqua Parade. GHS grad and professional golfer Brice Garnett is back home...
2017: Flood Rivals Worst Ever Recorded in County
Storms on Thursday night, June 29, 2017, and continued rain on Friday, June 30 saturated the ground in Northwest Missouri. Rivers and streams ran full and with nowhere else to go, the accumulating water collected on fields, drowning crops and closing highways. Area...
Gallatin’s Dr. Larry Dickinson Awarded Family Physician of the Year (2017)
Larry Dickinson, D.O., family physician in Gallatin, was awarded the 2017 Osteopathic Family Physician of the Year Award by the Missouri Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (MSACOFP). Dr. Dickinson was honored at a ceremony on Jan. 28,...
War on Terror: USAF Brig. Gen. Sears in Command Overseas
A 1987 graduate of Gallatin High School, Air Force Brig. Gen. Jim Sears commanded the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan for 12 months and then returned home to the United States on June 4, 2017. Brig. Gen. Sears took a military...
Local Flooding a Continuous Expense, Disruption 2017
It is incorrect to think flooding is only an occasional concern in Daviess County, MO, or limited to those unusually damaging incidents such as the great floods of 1909 or 1993 on the Grand River. Nearly every year flooding occurs somewhere to some degree, affecting...
2017: Great American Solar Eclipse Not So Dramatic in Gallatin
Nobody quite knew what to expect but almost everybody now knows about the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse. The Daviess County Library spearheaded the local focus on this historic astrological event. Using funds and expertise provided by the NASA@mylibrary program, a...
Sports: Frank Wheeler Inducted Into MWSU Hall of Fame
The 1981-82 men’s basketball team from Missouri Western State University was inducted into the Missouri Western State University Hall of Fame in 2017. Frank Wheeler was a 6’3 sophomore on the 1981-82 squad, starting in all 32 games. Frank is a graduate of...
Politics: State Legislator Beth Wheeler of Jameson, MO (1956-2017)
Beth Marie Wheeler, age 61, Jameson, MO, died on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, with her family by her side. Beth was born on May 19, 1956. She was the fourth of five children born to Mary (Trapp) and Harry Wheeler, Jr. of Jameson. She graduated from Jameson High School in...
2016: Missouri Century Farms List for in Daviess County, MO
The Missouri Century Farm program began in 1976, as part of a Bicentennial project. Over the years it has expanded greatly, and there are now in excess of 9,400 Century Farms recognized in Missouri. There are 75 Daviess County farms listed in the Missouri Century Farm...
Noteworthy Podiatrist: Dr. Lee Rogers of Gallatin, MO
Dr. Lee Rogers (GHS Class of 1996) was named this month as one of America’s Most Influential Podiatrists by Podiatry Management magazine for his national leadership, research, and advocacy in prevention of amputations from diabetes. His notable accomplishments...
Schools: An Overview of Gallatin Public Schools 1871-2016
In a school election in June of 1909, a vote was passed in favor of building a new school house for the Gallatin students at a cost of $32,500. The proposition carried by a vote of 285 to 103. The north and west parts of town very generally voted for the measure, but...
Politics: Many Sides to Conrad Burns, Montana’s 19th U.S. Senator
Auctioneer, broadcaster, county commissioner, football referee, livestock fieldman and Marine, Conrad Burns became Montana’s 19th United States Senator on Jan. 3, 1989. In 1988, Burns defeated incumbent Senator John Melcher by a 52 to 48 percent margin, becoming...
Politics: Sen. Conrad Burns Clings to His Daviess County Roots
Conrad Burns’ roots go back to a plain white house on a small farm on the green rolling plains of Northwest Missouri. It was here where Burns says he learned the work ethic and life’s other lessons from hard-working parents who had survived the Great...
Politics: Sen. Burns’ First Day Promise as He Takes Seat in the Capitol
On his first day in the U.S. Senate (101st Congress), Conrad Burns (R-Montana) kept one promise: “I’ll never take a chew under the Capitol dome.” Burns, a longtime tobacco chewer, didn’t need the brass spittoons on the Senate floor as he joined...
Politics: Republican Sen. Burns No Easy Mark for Montana Democrats
Gallatin native Conrad Burns is a Republican Senator from the strongly Democratic state of Montana and was seen as vulnerable in the election of 1994. But this campaign, following his freshman year in Washington, D.C., reveals much about the Missouri man serving...
Politics: Sen. Conrad Burns (1935-2016) of Daviess County, MO
On April 28, 2016, Conrad Burns died peacefully in his home in Billings, Mont. He was well known to Montanans for his service in the U.S. Senate from 1989 to 2007. His history, from his birth in 1935 in Gallatin, Mo., to his military service, to his various jobs prior...
Sports: GHS Golfers Nab Another Class 1A State Championship in 2016
Winning takes care of everything, and at the end of a long, rough two days for everyone, not just the Bulldogs, that was the focus of Gallatin’s celebration. The Bulldogs shook off adverse playing conditions to capture the school’s fourth Class 1 state golf...
High Rank: Capt. Craig Owen Takes FRCSW Command in 2016
Capt. Craig Owen became commanding officer of Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) on Aug. 11 2016. A native of Jamesport, MO, Capt. Owen previously served as the command’s executive officer. FRCSW provides comprehensive, quality support to the nation’s aviation...
Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
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