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Rolla Daily Digest Saturday, August 01, 2026

Ty's Take

Looks like the county Democrats got their annual stump picnic in the books, which means somebody's running for something and somebody else is listening. These things matter in a place like Phelps County where every office from assessor on up decides what kind of infrastructure the rural stretch gets, what the tax burden looks like, and whether the people making decisions actually know the difference between a float stream and a drainage ditch. Meanwhile, the historic society picked up a monument stone from Fort Wyman, which is exactly the kind of artifact work that keeps people tethered to how this ground got settled and held. Slow week on the surface, but under it all there's the machinery of local power turning and the machinery of memory getting tended to.

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Phelps County Focus

PHELPS COUNTY DEMOCRATS Party hears from candidates at Stump Picnic

Democratic candidates seeking nominations for the August primary election in Phelps County addressed voters Saturday at the Stump Picnic held at Lions Club Park. Candidates for positions including U.S. representative, state auditor, state senator, and presiding commissioner each had ten minutes to...

Fort Wyman monument stone donated to historic society

A historic monument stone related to Fort Wyman has been donated to the historical society following a chance discovery at a yard sale in Rolla. The chiseled artifact, one of the area's most significant historical pieces, will now be available for public viewing.

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