🌱 Former Mountain Grove fire leader takes key emergency role in Bolivar

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In today's newsletter:

• Former Mountain Grove fire leader takes key emergency role in Bolivar

Also on today's calendar: Wright County Livestock LLC and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.
• Thursday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 78, low: 62.
• Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 74 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Bolivar announces appointment of new deputy fire chief (ozarksfirst.com) — Mountain Grove readers may recognize former local deputy fire chief and emergency management director Clinton Gibbens, who has just been hired as Bolivar’s new deputy fire chief and assistant emergency management director. The article highlights his prior leadership in Mountain Grove, additional experience in other Missouri districts and Texas, and his plans to help strengthen Bolivar’s fire operations and emergency preparedness.
   

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📸 Around Mountain Grove

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mountain Grove

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• Norwood Producers Auction Yards
  Norwood Producers Auction Yards, 1910 North Hwy E, Norwood
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• MGMS Girls Softball @ Home vs Mtn. View
  Mountain Grove Middle Mountain Grove, MO 65711
  4:30 pm

Friday April 24

• MGMS Boys Baseball @ Home vs Willow Springs
  Mountain Grove Middle Mountain Grove, MO 65711
  4:30 pm

Monday April 27

• MGMS Boys Baseball @ Strafford
  Mountain Grove Middle Mountain Grove, MO 65711
  4:30 pm
• MGMS Girls Softballl @ Home vs Strafford
  Mountain Grove Middle Mountain Grove, MO 65711
  4:30 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Wright County Livestock LLC
  Wright County Livestock Auction , 8215 US-60 BUS , Mountain Grove
  10:30 am
• MGMS Track & Field @ Fair Grove
  Mountain Grove Middle Mountain Grove, MO 65711
  4:00 pm

Friday May 1

• Best Of Both Worlds - Beefmaster Bull Sale
  Wright County Livestock Auction , 8215 US-60 BUS , Mountain Grove
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• FFA Area 13 Awards Banquet @ Cabool 6pm
  Norwood R-i Norwood, MO 65717
• SB vs Mansfield Home ( V/JH) 4:30
  Norwood R-i Norwood, MO 65717
• BB vs Mansfield Home 4:30
  Norwood R-i Norwood, MO 65717
• Mansfield Varsity Baseball @ Norwood
  Norwood Elementary School , 675 Hawk St , Norwood
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Mountain Grove. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Willow Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mountain Grove here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Willow Springs

• Willow Springs City Council to Meet Tonight (ozarkradionews.com)
• ‘American Idol' 2026 Results Last Night: Who Went Home and Who Made the Top 7? (parade.com)

West Plains

• OzCon Returns to West Plains Friday (ozarkradionews.com)
• As Iran war drives up the cost of diesel, small U.S. businesses struggle to adapt (marketplace.org)
• Forum on Wednesday to focus on rural education (houstonherald.com)

Gainesville

• Man Arrested in Intentional Vehicle Assault Near Gainesville (ozarkradionews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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