Unterrified Democrat

04/12/2025

Good Saturday morning from Linn High School and Linn Baseball Tournament tripleheader action beginning with cat scratch fever between the Cuba Wildcats and Linn Wildcats for fifth place.

04/12/2025

Email photos of youth turkey hunters to [email protected]. These will be printed at no charge in upcoming editions of the Unterrified Democrat. Include child’s name, age, address, parent’s names and address, date harvested, if this is first turkey killed, location killed, and phone number(for reference, not to be included in story).

04/09/2025

Unofficial Osage County Municipal election results are in!

Osage County R-1 (Chamois) School District proposition K.I.D.S. only got 56%, not the 57% needed to pass it., with 62 yes votes to only 40 no.
For Osage County R-1 Board of Education seats, 102 votes were cast, with 98 unresolved write-ins, for which results are not yet available.
Osage County R-2 (Linn) School District does not appear to have passed their bond issue. The results show 301 no votes to 242 yes.
For Osage County R-2 Board of Education, the apparent winners are incumbent Jamie Bish (276 votes) and Andy Warren (275 votes), followed by Larry L. Hunt (221) and Pamela Stephens (219).
For City of Chamois Alderman, Shawn Mitchem seems to have retained his seat, with 33 votes. There are 19 unresolved write ins for the second seat.
Linn Alderman Ward 1, Dustin Flamm received 40 votes. For Alderman Ward 2, Robert W. (Bill) Turner received 50 votes. There are no unresolved write-ins for either position, which were uncontested.
The Freeburg trustee positions will be retained by Darryl Haller (12 votes), Glen Haller (9), and Scott Knoll (7), who were the only candidates listed on the ballot.
The following elections are voted on in multiople counties, with only Osage County results available at this time.
For City of Belle Alderman Ward 1, Rebecca Whithouse seems to have defeated Barbara Howarth among Osage County voters. Whithouse received 32 votes to Howarth’s 17.
Osage County voters voted 34-22 to approve Owensville Fire Protection District’s Question 1. Ballots here also showed that Osage County voters preferred Glen Henneke (37 votes), Michael Nolting (35), Cheryl Schlottach (26), Chris Schoffner (22), and Jim Lehnhoff (20) for the five open Owensville Fire Protection Seats. James Diestelkamp received 19 Osage County votes, followed by Melvin D. Arnold (16) and Bobbi Limberg (15).
No votes were cast for the two Gasconade County R-2 School District Board of Education seats.

03/19/2025

High wind in the area is causing damage. The roof from Quality Custom Molding has received extensive damage.

03/11/2025

Hilke’s Ice sold to Home City Ice

In a very emotional delivery on Tuesday at the American Legion Paul Hasenbeck Post 317 hall, Hilke’s Ice owners Laron and Donna Hilke announced they sold the business to Home City Ice of Cincinnati, Ohio. The sale closed on Tuesday, and details of the deal were not released.

In a very emotional delivery on Tuesday at the American Legion Paul Hasenbeck Post 317 hall, Hilke’s Ice owners Laron and Donna Hilke announced they sold the business to Home City Ice of …

03/01/2025

Fatima is playing for a district title tonight in Belle against Steelville!

02/28/2025

FOURTH PLACE! Fatima Comet wrestling places fourth in the state as a team in MSHSAA Boys Class 1 with a total of 83.5 points edging fifth-place South Harrison by half a point. See next week’s UD for a complete recap from Columbia.

02/27/2025

Good Thursday morning from day two of the 2025 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships with six Fatima Comets looking to cement their place in the medal stand later tonight

02/26/2025

Good Wednesday afternoon from Mizzou Arena and the 2025 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships! Fatima's Comets currently sit in third place as a team with 52.5 points just ahead of fourth-place Marceline's 48 points.

Securing no worse than a top-six finish for the Comets during the first session with wins in their first two matches were Tucker Tune at 113 pounds and Nolan Laux at 120 pounds.

Still alive in the consolation side of the bracket are Caden Rosentreter (106), Ryder Herzing (165), Connor Willis (215) and Trevor Herzing (285).

Ending their seasons with two losses this morning were Thomas Kremer (126), Logan Laux (132), Tucker Schroeder (138), Zach Kloeppel (144) and Jesse Schroeder (175).

Heidi Struemph will begin her quest for the podium at approximately 1:15 p.m.

02/25/2025

Basketball Monday Night continues from Blair Oaks Middle School and MSHSAA Class 1, District 9 boys basketball tournament action between the Chamois Pirates and Jamestown Eagles.

02/19/2025

The Lincoln Day dinner has been postponed to April 24, 2025, due to scheduling conflicts.

Hoskins, Congressman Onder to speak at Lincoln Day

WESTPHALIA — The Lincoln Day dinner has been postponed to April 24, 2025, due to scheduling conflicts.

02/19/2025

Due to bad road conditions the UD will not be in stores until around 11 today. And it will not be in today's mail. Thanks for your understanding

02/15/2025

Fatima hits a trey at the horn to end the first quarter with a 13-8 lead over Chadwick in tonight’s homecoming game. Stay tuned.

02/01/2025

Tonight, Chamois celebrates homecoming against MMA. After the first quarter, the Pirates lead 14-8 as Dawson Brandt drains a three at the buzzer. Stay tuned

01/30/2025

Due to human error these two help wanted ads where left of of this weeks UD. We apologize for the error.