May 2023

Denali pretrial on June 6

Denali Water Solutions, LLC (Denali), is the defendant in a civil suit initiated by plaintiff Collingsworth Land, LLC, who owns property near Southwest City in McDonald County. Denali, registered as a foreign company with the State of Missouri, was acquired by TPG – a global alternative assets firm – in early 2020.
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Cassville Baseball Club hosts tourney

BY KYLE TROUTMAN ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com The Cassville Baseball Club hosted the inaugural Roaring River Shootout on Saturday, with 27 games spread across four fields and three Cassville teams winning tournament titles. Shawn Trent, coach with the Cassville Baseball Club, said it was an enjoyable day for the teams, not only on the scoreboard, but with the area youth baseball community.
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Lady Trojans meet goals

The Southwest softball team endured abnormal challenges this year, welcoming a new coach and unable to play at its new field, but the Lady Trojans still came out ahead. Emily Snyder, in her first season as a head coach, skippered Southwest to an 8-12 record and a positive outlook for seasons to come.
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News briefs, May 31

This week, Cassville’s Public Works and Wastewater staff has switched to summer operating hours (shifts start and end an hour earlier). The change in hours was in anticipation of summer weather and occurs each year between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
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Driver found dead after motor vehicle accident

The Cassville Police Department is investigating the death of an individual after the person was located in a vehicle following a motor vehicle accident. According to Sgt. Donnie Privett, with the Cassville Police Department, officers were dispatched to the area of West 10th Street and County Farm Road, across from Ken’s Collision Center, for a motor vehicle accident at around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Trout Tales, May 24

Another Kids’ fishing Day is in the books at Roaring River State Park, and it was a beautiful one! The birdsa were singing, the flies were skipping across the water and my third cousin found a new home on the wall of a family from Joplin! He’s not the singing and dancing kind of fish, but he will sure look fine as ever as long as he gets a good taxidermist. But enough about him; kudos to all volunteers and staff involved in Kids’ Fishing Day. A lot has to happen to allow so many to fish for free, and we salute those who help teach and make the day happen.
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Kyle Troutman: A deadline dump

It’s one of those weeks and weekends where I had inspiration for a column this week, but news has happened and the story I was going to write about didn’t make it in this week. It’s Tuesday afternoon — one hour from deadline — and I’ve been running ragged all weekend and playing catch-up the past 48 hours, this week’s piece is what I’m going to call a deadline dump.
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