Monett Monthly
Two CoxHealth rural hospitals earn top rating for patient experience
Cox Monett Hospital and Cox Barton County Hospital are honored to have each received the 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for patient experience.
Firefighters display set up for Fire Prevention Week
The Monett Historical Society and Museum has a new display on show this month honoring local heroes.
News Briefs
The Drury GO - Monett Campus will host Culture and Community: Monett, MO, on Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Monett Downtown Pavilion.
Seneca outlasts Monett, 68-52
Basketball season in Missouri is still two months away, but casual fans might be confused with the Friday night final that saw Seneca defeat Monett, 68-52.
Summer fun at Monett’s Repurposed Faire
Former Monettans Vikki Branum and Susana Branum, now Kansas City residents, came to Monett’s Repurposed Faire with their mother-daughter business started seven years ago, offering pumpkins repurposed from old sweaters, mini-books composed of scanned old-time photos, and other novelties. Looking over offerings at their booth were, from left, Marissa Cahalan, Rilynn Cahalan, Royer Cahalan, all of Pierce City, and Rhonda Bounous, of Monett.
Monett finds silver lining in setback
The first game of any season is always a bag of mixed results. While coaches believe they have done everything to prepare their team for victory, they can never be 100% sure until the ball is put in play.
Rolling with the punches
There is an old adage in prize fighting that every fighter has a plan until they get hit for the first time. For Joey Semerad, he hopes his new career path will be one in which he gives more than he receives.
Jared Lankford: An old family tree and a good name
For the last 75 years, on the Sunday prior to Labor Day, an event has taken place in Seneca that has routinely drawn in excess of 10 percent of the Little Town on the Border’s listed population.
Schools dealt funding blow
The Monett school district will commit more local money to title program salary benefits this year following a cut in federal funding.
City makes decisions on sewer issues
The Monett City Council recently revisited multiple issues on the table, making final decisions on items like its water meter system, sewer rates and treatment facility work, among other actions.
