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Today's Features

  • Wilma Kruger continues winning ways at fair

    Wilma Kruger, a life-long resident of the area, doesn’t recall when she began entering the competitions at the Fayette County Fair; she only remembers that it has been many years.

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  • Mark's Café continues a Brownstown tradition

    The late Clifford Nickels, who lived on the road now known as Ill. Route 185, across from the area on which the 4-Mile Store once stood, shared many of his memories of the long-ago days of his youth.

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  • God opens door for LeDuc to start day care center

    Fayette Faces is focusing on the day care/child care centers in the area, and this week’s visit was made to the recently established Bright Beginnings managed by Amie LeDuc.

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  • Frogtown News

    Weekend Guests
    Mahala Harpster of Villa Ridge, Mo., spent Friday night at the home of her parents, Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter.
    Owen Harpster of Cape Girardeau, Mo., spent Friday and Saturday night at the home of his grandparents, Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter. Mitch and Gretchen Harpster joined them on Saturday night.
    Graduation Parties
    Dane, Belinda, Mitch, Gretchen and Owen Harpster attended the graduation party of Haley and Seth Bergmann of St. Peter on Saturday night.

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  • Brownstown-Sefton News

    Belated Mother’s Day Recognition
    Sneaking a peek at our neighbor’s longhorn pasture, we caught an endearing picture of a mother longhorn cow and her baby. This is a rather rare close-up, as these cows don’t know us that well and they usually get between us and the baby, which this mother did a few seconds later.
    In the background, you can see the daddy longhorn keeping an eye on us, and he joined the mother in shielding their baby a few minutes later.

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  • St. Elmo News

    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Thursday, May 23
    • The St. Elmo Unit of Home and Community Education, 1:30 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
    Friday, May 24
    • Baked goods for the Scout bake sale can be taken to the St. Elmo Christian Church this evening from 5-7 p.m. Donations of baked items will be appreciated.
    Saturday, May 25
    • For Brenda Sapp, the St. Elmo FFA is sponsoring a car wash from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Pork burgers also will be sold.
    • Scout bake sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Elmo Christian Church.

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  • Be a person of conviction; refuse to compromise

    Recently, I was watching a well-known television preacher. He was speaking on the courage to stand by your convictions.

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  • Mother's Day breakfast held by UMW

    By Panzi Blackwell
    The Brownstown United Methodist Women held its annual  Mother’s Day breakfast last Thursday in the fellowship hall of the church.

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  • Evergreen Outreach

    By Karen Redfern
    Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
    I have been attending Evergreen Outreach for more than a year now, and each meeting is such a blessing and wonderful experience. Phyllis Rames had a vision when she introduced this program and WOW! What fun we would miss if it ever stops.

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  • Brown-Hall

    Allison Patricia Brown and Troy Justin Hall, both of Ramsey, have announced their engagement and upcoming marriage.

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