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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (July 22, 2010) — Longstanding problems with county roads led Glenn Clark of the Pulaski County Landowners Association to come to Thursday’s Pulaski County Commission meeting and invite county commissioners to an upcoming Landowners Association meeting to discuss what can be done to improve conditions. Eastern District Commissioner Bill Farnham and Presiding Commissioner Don McCulloch both said they’d try to attend the upcoming meeting on Aug. 16. “There’s been a lot in the m...

County Collector Terri Mitchell

Summer Collector’s Report
Greetings from the collector’s office! I hope everyo...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (July 20, 2010) — Members of the Pulaski County Commission found a replacement for a person on the county library board who no longer wants to serve and may have found a replacement for former Pulaski County Sewer Board chairman Mark Cortesini. On Monday, Presiding Commissioner Don McCulloch asked Jim Lord, a Waynesville real estate agent working with Miller Realty, if he’s willing to serve on the sewer board. Lord told McCulloch that whether he’s a user of the sewer district...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (July 20, 2010) — County Assessor Roger Harrison reported Monday that Pulaski County’s assessed valuation has grown significantly, which should result in growth rather than decline in the county’s property tax revenues this fall. Speaking before the County Board of Equalization, which includes not only the commissioners but also three additional representatives, local banker Keith Pritchard, local real estate agent Jim Lord, and County Surveyor John Mackey, Harrison said the ...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (July 15, 2010) — Faced with a former sewer board chairman who says he’s resigned but hasn’t submitted a written letter of resignation, Pulaski County commissioners said Thursday they were hesitant to fill the vacancy. A complicating factor is that the wife of former sewer board chairman Mark Cortesini is a lawyer. Ronda Cortesini runs the Waynesville office of the Allan and Rector law firm. “I think to cover ourselves, if we could get a letter from (sewer district attorney B...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (July 12, 2010) — Unlike many jurisdictions in Missouri, Pulaski County sales tax revenues have remained stable, but county commissioners warned at their Monday morning meeting that state cutbacks could cause serious problems for Pulaski County. Eastern District Commissioner Bill Farnham warned that one of the county’s biggest problems could be a reduced state reimbursement for prisoner room and board bills. Pulaski County currently pays $35 per day per inmate to send more th...

Thanks to Brent Bassett who filmed this event.
This is a two part video, here are the links.
http://www.pulaskicountyweb.com/Debate1.mpg
http://www.pulaskicountyweb.com/Debate2.mpg

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (July 12, 2010) — A Sunday afternoon tornado and accompanying high winds knocked out power to numerous homes and businesses around Pulaski County, and left significant storm damage throughout the northern end of the county. According to a report by Pulaski County Emergency Management Director Lawson Smith, power was knocked out in the Waynesville, Buckhorn, Swedeborg and Richland areas. A funnel cloud was sighted in Crocker near Highway 133 at 3:35 p.m., with a tornado warnin...

Today is the last day County Clerk Diana Linnenbringer can register voters.

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Tow company personnel were able to pull this semi off I-44.

Westbound I-44 briefly blocked at mile marker 16

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RIDDLE BRIDGE, Mo. (June 9, 2010) — A St. Robert teenager totaled her car in a Wednesday evening wreck on the Riddle Bridge public fishing access on the Gasconade River between Highway Y and Cave Road. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, Heather M. Kaufman, 17, abruptly accelerated her 2003 Ford Focus from a parked position about 5:45 p.m., lost control of her vehicle on gravel and then struck a large boulder, suffering minor injuries. ...

WAYNESVILLE/SAINT ROBERT, Mo. (June 8, 2010) — Two separate Tuesday rollovers in Phelps County totaled vehicles driven by Waynesville and Saint Robert residents. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, Donald G. Sellman, 79, of St. Robert, was westbound in his 1994 Toyota on Interstate 44 three miles from Rolla when he slid on the wet roadway at 12:10 p.m., ran off the left side of the roadway, struck the median barriers and overturned. Sellman was not hurt but his passenger, Pong S....

Waynesville firefighters examine a rollover wreck on Interstate 44 in Buckhorn.

Saturday rollovers seriously hurt two
CROCKER/BUCKHORN, Mo. (June 5, 2010) — An early Saturday morning cras...

Ron and Marie Selfors perform square dancing at the county fair.

Travelers s...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (June 17, 2010) — Pulaski County Regional Fair officials have announced a four-day schedule of events running from Thursday, June 17, to Sunday, June 20. General admission to the fair and most events are free. Vendors and individual rides at the carnival do have a charge, but wristband specials are available on Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. admitting holders to all carnival rides for $15. Purchases of wristbands must be made in advance. Adults and tee...

Fair board members show a sample of Pulaski County produce.

Pulaski County Regional Fair kicks off Thursday with four days of ev...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (June 3, 2010) — Three Thursday single-vehicle wrecks including two rollovers injured people in Pulaski County, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports. The crashes began on Highway Y about a mile north of St. Robert when Linda G. Carson-Veasman, 58, of Dixon, was driving southbound in a 1996 Chevrolet, ran off the right side of the roadway about 9:42 a.m., overcorrected, crossed the center line, ran off the right side of the roadway a second time, struck an embank...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (June 5, 2010) — Christmas is still six months away, but Deputy Gwendolyn Miles of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department is already working with local law enforcement agencies to raise money for the annual Shop with a Cop program that provides Christmas gifts for needy children. “Need knows no season, and with the economy being the way that it is, starting early helps us provide for more children in the county,” said Miles, who is in her third year as director of the multi-...