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Ty's Take Highway 7 claimed another life this week—a head-on that left one dead and three hurt, the kind of collision that stops you cold when you see the emergency lights. We've had the conversations around here a hundred times about that stretch of road,
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Ty's Take Two people dead in the water this week—one trapped in a low-head dam, another in circumstances still being sorted out—and a sheriff's deputy nearly killed when a pursuit went sideways at a low-water crossing. That's the kind of week that
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Ty's Take The Rotary raised thirty grand for local causes, the Kiwanis recognized some good kids, and out at the Harley shop they're signing folks up to give blood—which tells you everything you need to know about a week when the real news around here
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Ty's Take You spend enough time around the lake and you notice the rhythm—seasons change, the water comes and goes, and people keep building, fixing, planning ahead. This week's got that feel, with the outlet mall TIF moving forward and folks finally getting their boil
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Ty's Take Sunday night's storms didn't leave much room for debate—folks around here know the difference between a scare and the real thing, and we got both. The water's running clear again in Eldon, which matters more than most folks realize
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Ty's Take Highway W claimed another life this week—a Versailles man dead in a rollover that reminds us these lake roads don't forgive distraction or bad luck the way city streets sometimes do. Meanwhile the water's acting up again: boil orders in Eldon,
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Ty's Take Black bears don't usually make the news around here until somebody gets their trash situation figured out, but we've had enough sightings lately that folks are starting to ask real questions—and that's worth paying attention to. The lake'
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Ty's Take A motorcyclist swerving to miss a deer, six school buses pulled for safety, chlorine pumps going in at water wells across the county—the kind of week where you notice the systems holding things together, and the moments they almost don't. The Rotary raised
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Ty's Take You've got to pay attention when the big development money starts filing Chapter 11 around here—it usually means somebody's backyard is about to look a lot different than they planned. Jeff Tegethoff's bankruptcy filing and his sudden exit from
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Ty's Take There's a boil order in Eldon again, which means somebody's water treatment isn't holding like it should, and that gets people's attention in a lake region where water quality touches everything from tourism to property values to whether
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Ty's Take Early Monday morning somebody's house went up in smoke and their pets didn't make it out, and by afternoon two people and a dog were being pulled from floodwaters up in Camden County—the kind of day that reminds you why we&
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Ty's Take The heat law kicks in Monday, which means if you're running a construction crew around here—and Lord knows plenty of folks are this time of year—you'd better know the rules about when your people can work and how long they