By staff writer Students and faculty at Hermann High School got behind the wheel of a car, parked on the auditorium stage, last Wednesday and Thursday to see what can happen while texting and driving.                                                                                                                                                                              It was part of a texting while driving simulator program that allowed several hundred persons to experience what it feels like to drive while distracted. Students from Owensville and St. Clair high schools also got
By staff writer Voters in the Ward 2 precinct in the city of Hermann have been voting in the library of the Hermann Middle School. Now that the new administration building is open, voting will move to that building with the Feb. 7 presidential preference primary. That announcement was made last week by County Clerk Lesa Lietzow. Voting will take place in the school board meeting room. The next election
By staff writer The body of a 53-year-old Owensville man was discovered Sunday morning, Jan. 29, after Owensville firefighters extinguished a mobile home fire in southern Gasconade County. Authorities identified the man as Russell J. Groff. According to Sheriff Randy Esphorst, Deputy Marty Rainey and members of the Owensville Fire Department found the skeletal remains of a body inside the burned-out mobile home, 2 feet from the front door. The
By staff writer The sponsors of a Friday night fund-raising event to help pay for a driving while texting simulator at Hermann High School are ecstatic with the outcome. Mike and Lynette Sloan, and Sheila Koelling, who played a big part in organizing the event, said $12,334.70 was raised from a buffet dinner, silent and live auction. The Hermann Wurst Haus partnered with the local school district to hold the
By staff writer Hermann High School will be the host school for the Class 3 District 9 boys and girls tournament that will start in late February. Todd Anderson, athletic director at Hermann, will be the tournament director. Nine teams will converge on Hermann to compete in the single elimination tournament, slated to start on Saturday, Feb. 25, with a play-in game between the No. 9 and No. 8 seeds
By Don Kruse Hermann’s girls bolted out of the gate, running up a 20-6 lead at the quarter, and breezed to a 65-46 win over Owensville in the championship of the 12th annual Hermann basketball tournament Friday night. It was the Lady Bearcats’ fourth Hermann title in the past five years. Hermann, 18-0 and ranked No. 1 in Class 3, has now won three tournaments this season. By halftime, Hermann
By Don Kruse Calling it the best game his team has played all season, Coach Tim Wenkel of the Bearcats handed out kudos to his team for an impressive 62-42 win over St. James Saturday night in the championship of the 33rd Hermann Tournament.                                                                      It was the first time in 11 years the Bearcats, now 14-4, have won their own tournament, and that was in the back of their minds.
By staff writer Linda Lampkin is one of 10 coaches who were recently inducted into the inaugural class of the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. They were honored at the Missouri All-State banquet held in Warrensburg on Dec. 17. Lampkin, who has been head volleyball coach at Hermann High School for the past 32 years, holds the record for most wins by a high school coach
A Fulton man added Power Play to his Missouri Lottery Powerball ticket to turn a $10,000 prize into $50,000. Antonio Albarico matched four white-ball numbers and the Powerball number in the Dec. 10 drawing. He added Power Play to the Quick Pick ticket he bought at Gasper’s, 3325 County Road 211, in Kingdom City. Because of that decision, the prize of $10,000 was multiplied by the Power Play number of
 By staff writer The Hermann Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance Monday night that vacates a portion of East First Street between Reserve Street and Highway 100. The request to vacate the street was requested by the Dierberg Educational Foundation several weeks ago, and the second reading had been tabled at an earlier meeting. The Dierberg Foundation is using that area for the development of the Hermann Farm Museum.
Area residents will have an opportunity to celebrate Mardi Gras in Hermann on Saturday, February 18, at a Fasching Ball, sponsored by the Hermann Area Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held at the Hermannhof Festhalle and will include music by the Bluff-Tones and food catered by the Hermann Wurst Haus. Costumes are encouraged, but optional; however cash prizes will be awarded for the best costumes for groups and
By staff writer The Chocolate Wine Trail has become a romantic Valentine’s tradition for many couples, who spend the third weekend of February sampling luscious chocolate and wine pairings at seven stops along the Hermann Wine Trail. The tasting menu at the 2012 Chocolate Wine Trail, February 18 and 19, will feature: • Adam Puchta Winery — Chocolate Snowdrift, paired with Adam Puchta Signature Port • Bias Winery — Doubly
By staff writer Andrew Lewis, a student at Hermann High School, has been selected to the Missouri All-State Band, and Leslie Niiro of HHS made it into the State Honorable Mention Band. On December 3, over 1,000 students from high schools all across Missouri auditioned at Hickman High School in Columbia for the honor of participating in the top honor band in the state. Only 108 students are accepted into
By staff writer Hermann High School will be the host school for
By Don Kruse Hermann’s girls bolted out of the gate, running up