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On the Water TodayLake level: 659.39 ft (0.6 ft below full pool) Today 78° Showers And Thunderstorms · Tonight 71° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms · Saturday 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly SunnySources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take Thursday was one of those
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Ty's Take Drowning season is here, and Wednesday's death out on the water is a reminder that these lakes don't care how many times you've been on a boat or how well you think you know the conditions. The Springfield man who
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Ty's Take Eight people in a boat hitting a rock on the Meramec is the kind of accident that happens fast and leaves you grateful for whoever got them out of the water, but it's also a reminder that this time of year—late summer, when
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Ty's Take Good week to be a dog around here—one saved a family from a house fire while another got himself permanently affixed to church property, which pretty much sums up the range of outcomes you get when you're the smartest creature in the room.
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Ty's Take When a July Fourth storm knocked out power to half the region, the linemen showed up anyway—same ones who fix the lines after ice storms, who string cable through timber so a family on Shady Glade can watch the news. That's the invisible
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Ty's Take Water and whiskey—two things that've always demanded respect around these lakes, and two things we keep learning the hard way never to mix. A man dead at Truman, another fighting for his life after a DWI wreck in Miller County, all in the
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Ty's Take Two house fires in two days—one in Stover where a dog did what neighbors sometimes don't, and another in Barnett where three firefighters got trapped when the ceiling gave way—is the kind of stretch that reminds you this region runs on volunteer
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Ty's Take Two shooting deaths in Miller County in a week will do what nothing else can around here—it'll empty out the docks and quiet down the marinas faster than a summer storm rolling across the water. We don't like to think of
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Ty's Take There's something worth watching in the noise today: while the expo crowd rolls out new sunroom finishes and coffee roasters tout their freshness, the real story underneath is that folks around here are still building, still spending, still betting on tomorrow even as Missouri&
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Ty's Take An alderman facing cocaine charges, a tanker full of ammonium nitrate flipped on a county road, and talk of putting a curfew on kids downtown—that's the kind of week that reminds you the lake's not all sunshine and vacation rentals. Sure,
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Ty's Take A kid nearly drowns at the lake, and instead of a tragedy, this community shows up—boat captains cutting engines, strangers diving, someone's quick thinking with CPR. That's the kind of story that reminds you why people stay in places like this,
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Ty's Take There's been a shift around here you can feel in the parking lots and on the docks—folks aren't just looking to unwind anymore, they're looking to fix what needs fixing. The spa business booming tells you something about what