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Temporary Bagnell Dam Road Closure; Road Maintenance Project Beginning: The roadway over Bagnell Dam will be closed tomorrow (3/18/26) for MODOT maintenance work along the route. Residents will be able to access the Bagnell Dam Strip by way of Highway 242 or use of Bagnell Dam Boulevard off of Highway 54.Also beginning tomorrow is a City road sealing project in the area of the Bagnell Dam Strip, from Bagnell Dam to Flynn Road beginning at 7:00 A.M. One traffic lane and several parking areas will be closed at a time, and the application is safe to drive on once the contractor has reopened the roadway. The road sealing project will continue through the rest of the week, with Thursday (3/19/26) seeing work performed from Flynn Road to the MM Overpass, and Friday (3/20/26) seeing work completed from the MM Overpass to Osage Beach Parkway.Traffic flow will be maintained during the duration of this project.

TEST TW WEATHER

Write-in Newberry to be new mayor

 
 Wednesday morning update, as promised:

In unofficial totals with 100 percent of precincts reporting, write-in candidate Dennis Newberry is the new mayor of Lake Ozark.

He won with 241 votes to 107 for incumbent Gerry Murawski and 99 for former mayor Johnnie Franzeskos. Newberry received 229 votes in Miller County and 12 in Camden County; Murawski received 103 Miller County votes and 4 in Camden County; Franzeskos received 97 votes in Miller County and 2 in Camden County.

There were 447 votes cast for mayor.

Lake Ozark will also have two new aldermen.

Former alderman Dale Hicks defeated incumbent Larry Giampa 93-77 in Ward 2, and challenger Matthew Wright defeated incumbent Vernon Jaycox 56-34 in Ward 3.

Judy Neels, who was unopposed in Ward 1, received 127 votes.

All elected candidates will be sworn in at the April 13 regular board of aldermen meeting after the Camden and Miller counties clerks cavass and certify the vote totals. 

 

Term extensions

Both issues to extend aldermen terms and the term for mayor from two years to four years failed. 

The issue to extend the terms of aldermen was defeated 286 no votes to 172 yes votes.

The question of extending the term of mayor was defeated 279 to 17.

Click here for results by county: https://bit.ly/3uDHaS9.