Spiced Pumpkin Carrot Cheesecake Cupcakes 4-ounce box pumpkin quick bread, divided 1 cup carrots, shredded 3 eggs, divided 3/4 cup milk 1/2 cup golden raisins 2 tablespoons canola oil 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice...
202311 – November
Made in Missouri
Fun holiday gift ideas that support your neighbors Small businesses are the backbone of rural Missouri. This holiday season, skip the big-box stores and mega online retailers. Instead, support the businesses that support your communities. Here are just a few ideas to...
The patient photographer
Persistence pays off for wildlife photographer Danny Brown You might walk right past Danny Brown and never know it if you spend any time outdoors in Missouri. He’s likely perched in a chair covered with camouflage netting, patiently waiting for his prey to show up in...
The thrill of the hunt
Harding Gamebird Farm is all about the birds Becky Harding distinctly remembers how brothers Everett and Marvin turned their family farm into a game bird hunting preserve. “He bought a bird dog and he couldn’t find any quail on the farm,” she says of her husband,...
Taking care of business
Speakers stress safety at 2023 AMEC annual meeting Speakers at the 2023 Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives annual meeting stressed safety as they addressed the 285 electric cooperative managers, directors and key staff in Branson who were on hand to take...
NaCl+H2O
Upscale dining in downtown Rolla Inside the kitchen, the work is never done — especially before the first customer even walks in the door. Whole fresh, never frozen, salmon, halibut and mahi-mahi need to be skinned and prepped. Whole potatoes are waiting to become...
Lassoing the lines
Electric co-op lineworkers show off safety skills at annual rodeo One lineworker carefully climbs a 40-foot pole to safely “rescue” a life-sized mannequin — playing the part of an incapacitated coworker — dangling from the top of the pole. A few hundred feet away,...
The best laid plans
As any dad knows, when your darling daughter looks up at you with her beautiful blue eyes and sweetly asks if she can have a kitty, it’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when you are getting a new pet. Earlier this summer that was the situation at the Jones...
The healing wall
Missouri's National Veterans Memorial offers peace, honor and reflection Jim Eddleman has delivered on a promise 50 years in the making. On Jan. 31, 1968, the 19-year-old farm boy from Perryville was a long way from home, serving his country during the Vietnam War. At...