Rolla Daily Digest Thursday, August 27, 2026

Ty's Take

There's something about a slow morning that makes you notice what's actually working around here. City Council tightening up its own rules, a new superintendent settling in to build on what his district's already done right, a local author getting her mushroom guide into the national conversation, the Kaleidoscope Center bringing in Snoopy for the kids. None of it screams urgency, but that's sort of the point. Rolla and the towns around it aren't in crisis mode. They're in maintenance mode, which is its own kind of accomplishment. The rain will pass and the cool will burn off, and people will go back to their work knowing the machinery here is holding together because somebody cares enough to keep tightening the bolts.

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Phelps County Focus

Snoopy exhibit coming to Kaleidoscope Discovery Center, with more planned

Published 10:48 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 This Kaleidoscope Discovery Center is currently renovating the upper floor of its downtown Rolla location. When completed, the space will be available to rent for community events and will also regularly host special educational exhibits open to the...

Mushroom guide by Phelps County author gets national publication

Published 12:36 am Thursday, August 20, 2026 Beginners and experienced foragers will soon have a new resource to inform their outdoor adventures compliments of Phelps County author Mike Snyder. Over the past two years, Snyder has mustered his experience as one of Missouri’s foremost fungi experts...

New Newburg superintendent intends to build on district’s past wins

Published 4:28 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2026 By R.D. HOHENFELDT/Staff Writer NEWBURG – Young Douglas W. Dunn started his college career with the intention of managing a big hotel or maybe a large chain of motels. Now he is the new superintendent of Newburg schools with the intention of working with...

Rolla City Council moves to regulate itself

Published 4:11 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2026 By R.D. HOHENFELDT/Staff Writer Council moves to regulate itself Rolla City Council Monday took action – multiple actions, in fact – to regulate the behavior of city legislators and certain employees On final reading, the council adopted an ordinance...

Cool and wet this morning in Rolla

Published 3:17 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2026 By THE WEATHER INSIDER/Phelps County Focus At 9:30 a.m. today, Wednesday, Aug. 19, the temperature at the Phelps County Focus weather station, located just a short block from downtown Rolla, was 66.4 degrees. That’s lower than the 70 degrees shown at the...

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