Timeline: A Timeline: Lake Expo's Coverage Of Coronavirus In 2020
2020
Mar 12
The key to preventing Coronavirus’ arrival or mass infection at Lake of the Ozarks, Lake Regional personnel say, is taking early, severe, prev…
Mar 12
LAKE OZARK, Mo. — The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Lake Ozark has been cancelled due to concerns about the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.
Mar 13
Coronavirus claimed its first fatality in the Kansas City region Thursday, a 70-year-old man who lived in a long-term care facility in Wyandot…
Mar 13
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Governor Mike Parson's office says the governor will declare a state of emergency via executive order today, in…
Mar 15
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Lake Regional Health System is asking area residents who are experiencing flu-like symptoms to stay home and call th…
Mar 15
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Lake Regional Health System has announced visitor restrictions to the hospital to help limit the spread of illness in the c…
Mar 15
Following new recommendations released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, Governor Mike Parson released the follow…
Mar 16
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Lake area residents will have to welcome spring without some of the traditional festivities, as concerns about COVID…
Mar 17
School of the Osage has joined the wave of other schools across the region, state, and nation who will close for multiple weeks due to the Cor…
Mar 18
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As people's lives, schedules, plans and budgets are upended by the closures resulting from the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, Lake area school…
Mar 18
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The Osage Beach Outlet Mall will be temporarily closing, as Simon announced it would be closing all its malls in res…
Mar 18
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — From the capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced the state has seen its first confirmed …
Mar 19
Ameren Missouri is providing $1 million to help lower-income Missourians pay their electric bill during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 20
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Governments at the Lake—at the city and county level—are closing their buildings to the public, temporarily, or othe…
Mar 20
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — To protect patients and families during the national coronavirus containment effort, Lake Regional Hospital is not allowing…
Mar 22
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The Camden County Health Department is investigating the first confirmed case of the Coronavirus COVID-19 at Lake of the Ozarks.
Mar 23
LAKE OZARK, Mo. — The Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge, often referred to as “the toll bridge,” will not be collecting tolls temporarily in…
Mar 23
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Through a new statewide order that began Monday, Governor Mike Parson has shut down restaurant dining rooms, banned non-…
Mar 25
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — There has only been one confirmed case of COVID-19 in Camden County—in fact, it's the only one at Lake of the Ozarks, as …
Mar 25
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. – Many locals have recently started practicing social distancing to combat the spread of COVID-19. Events are cancelle…
Mar 26
If you are feeling stressed, you are not alone. Between the presidential election in the U.S., the wildly fluctuating equity markets, and COVI…
Mar 27
LAKE OZARK, Mo. — The City of Lake Ozark is concerned about claims that some local businesses have been disregarding rules about 10-person max…
Mar 27
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The Camden County Health Department has confirmed the second positive case of COVID-19 in Camden County. The individual i…
Apr 09
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — If you violate Missouri's "Stay Home" Order, you could be charged with a Class A Misdemeanor, punishable by 1 year i…
Apr 01
The Lake of the Ozarks Marine Dealers Association announced today that as a result of the Center for Disease Control’s warnings against large …
Apr 01
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — The Parkway Center, across from Lake Regional Hospital, has been seeing less action in the past several months, since the c…
Apr 03
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Summer is months away, but owners of Lake of the Ozarks marinas say they wouldn’t know it, as social distancing and …
Apr 03
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The Camden County Commission has penned a letter to the citizens of Camden County; in it, they praised the response of lo…
Apr 03
Lake of the Ozarks has long been a favorite get away for people seeking refuge from their hectic lives. With an abundance of shoreline and sce…
Apr 03
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A defensive and reluctant Governor Mike Parson issued a stay-at-home order for Missourians, in an televised announcement…
Apr 06
Missouri is under a Stay-At-Home Order beginning today, Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 24. Governor Mike Parson announced the order on …
Apr 09
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Mike Parson on Thursday announced all Missouri public and charter school buildings will remain closed through t…
Apr 10
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — Camden County has seen two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 this week, bringing the total of positive cases to 26. Health…
Apr 14
CAMDENTON, Mo. — It’s manufacturing on a micro-scale, with macro results: a local high school robotics team at Lake of the Ozarks has been usi…
Apr 20
“It’s not dead!” said Matt Schrimpf, when asked how the Lake of the Ozarks real estate market is weathering Covid-19 shutdowns. “I sold three …
Apr 22
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A series of videos promoting Lake of the Ozarks as ready to welcome visitors is being produced in a collaboration be…
Apr 22
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — In an open letter to Missouri Governor Mike Parson, the Camden County commission has requested the governor reconsider hi…
Apr 24
CAMDENTON, Mo. — Parents assuming their children would be headed to preschool this fall at Osage Beach Elementary and Hurricane Deck will be m…
Apr 24
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — On March 31, three days before Governor Mike Parson issued his Stay-Home Missouri order, Camden County tightened their so…
Apr 27
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — During today’s COVID-19 briefing, Governor Mike Parson announced the first phase of the “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan o…
Apr 29
SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. – With the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing closures hitting the Lake where it hurts, some local restaurants have managed to o…
Apr 29
LAKE OZARK, Mo. — There’s an air of excitement in Lake Ozark – and possibly relief as well – after Gov. Mike Parson earlier this week relaxed …
Apr 30
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — Miller County has rescinded its stay-home order, which means the county will be under the state of Missouri's existing or…
Apr 30
Whether it’s because we’ve all discovered a latent love for statistics or we’re just craving as much information as we can about the perplexin…
Apr 30
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As Missouri prepares to reopen, testing capacity in the state continues to increase. According to Governor Mike Parson, …
May 01
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May 05
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Lake Race, the powerboat racing event that annually brings dozens of top-notch boat racers to Lake of the Ozarks at …
May 08
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The economic fallout from Covid-19 shutdowns has rippled across the nation: unemployment is at record highs, and it’…
May 12
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — As Missouri communities lift the ban on public gatherings and individuals and families begin taking tentative steps …
May 20
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — For two months Midwesterners have been fleeing to the Lake of the Ozarks from cities and states shut down by coronav…
May 22
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Lake Race, the powerboat race that typically brings between 40 and 50 race boats for an exciting day of racing at La…
May 24
Photos of packed pool bars and seas of sunburnt skin went viral over the weekend, as Lake of the Ozarks made national news for its massive inf…
May 26
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Memorial Day marks one of the Lake’s three biggest weekends of the year; the other two are Independence Day and Labo…
May 26
St. Louis County issued a travel advisory Monday evening after videos of crowded Lake of the Ozarks pool parties showed revelers ignoring soci…
Jun 03
In an open letter to citizens, the Camden County Commission this week said they have no plans to tighten any Covid-related restrictions.
Jun 04
The Camden County Commission is creating a new position for what was initially called a "Covid officer," and commissioners are now trying to d…
Jun 15
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The owner of a Lake area bar & grill did the right thing when he closed his restaurant temporarily over Covid concern…
Jun 17
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Lake area health departments say several new Covid-19 cases have emerged in the Lake area in the past week.
Jun 17
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — Illinois' Covid crackdowns are Missouri's gain: the Great American Shoot, an annual trapshooting event put on by the Amat…
Jun 25
Good news: Turns out MLB officials weren’t sitting around on their aspirations the last three months after all!
Jul 06
The City of Camdenton Aquatic Facility will be closed until further notice.
Jul 07
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — It's been a brutal year for touring musicians and the venues that host them, and Ozarks Amphitheater at Lake of the …
Jul 07
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — On Tuesday afternoon, Camden County Health Department Administrator Bee Dampier reported the county has seen its second d…
Jul 08
ST. LOUIS — Today Ameren Missouri announced a new $500,000 energy assistance program for Missouri's small businesses and nonprofit organizatio…
Jul 14
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — A skilled nursing patient tested positive Monday for COVID-19 at Arrowhead Senior Living in Osage Beach.
Jul 14
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — Initially, Camden County officials worried the Covid-19 pandemic would hurt sales tax revenues. And in most areas of the …
Jul 15
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — Covid case numbers are on the rise nationwide, and counties in the Lake of the Ozarks area are not exempt. The Miller Cou…
Jul 21
While Covid cases nationwide and at the Lake have been climbing lately, Camden County Health Department Administrator Bee Dampier says most ha…
Jul 22
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Due to the effects of COVID 19, the Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitor Bureau board of directors has decide…
Jul 22
Editor's Note: This letter was written by Lake Regional CEO Dane Henry as a direct letter to the community.
Jul 24
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The Camden County Health Department on Friday evening confirmed the county has now seen four Covid-related deaths. Health…
Jul 31
“We work really closely with public health… we depend on them a lot.” Dane Henry, CEO of Lake Regional Health System, says he wants the Lake o…
Aug 03
Aug 03
Last week, hydroxychloroquine returned as a hotly contested treatment option in the U.S. Some doctors point to their incredible success treati…
Aug 11
True or False? Classrooms across the nation will soon be filled with school children.
Aug 16
Throughout every state in the nation, government leaders and politicians alike have established parameters and restrictions for their citizens…
Aug 25
“Move to mandate masks on the move for all students and staff effective August 26, 2020.”
Aug 26
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CAMDENTON, Mo. — The Camdenton R-III School District was inundated with phone calls, emails, Facebook comments and feedback across social medi…
Aug 27
Camden County has announced the launch of a small business assistance program to provide economic support to small businesses in connection wi…
Sep 01
CAMDENTON, Mo. — A growing number of parents are expressing their outrage at the Camdenton R-III school district, over two separate issues tha…
Sep 07
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Lake Regional Health System has updated its visitation policy to allow more visitors for some patients.
Sep 15
CAMDENTON, Mo. — The Camdenton R-III School board held its regular session Monday evening, September 14th at the middle school Little Theater.…
Sep 22
"Fears are growing," the MSNBC news anchor began, as she cited now-debunked (ARTICLE: The Sturgis biker rally did not cause 266,796 cases of C…
Sep 23
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Lake Regional Health System says they have been averaging between 8 – 12 Covid-positive inpatients for the past two weeks.
Sep 24
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The extension of federal waivers is allowing Lake area schools to continue providing free meals to all students. The…
Sep 29
The following is a letter to the Lake community published on Lake Regional Health System's website, on Sept. 28, 2020. As of Sept. 29, Missour…
Oct 15
A major gift from St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation is providing $48,000 in emergency grant funding for non-profits at Lake of the Ozarks.
Oct 16
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The Lake area has seen a recent rise in Covid-19-related deaths, as multiple regional nursing homes battle outbreaks…
Oct 21
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — The Morgan County R-II School District will be moving to all-online learning for nearly two weeks, beginning Thursday, Oct. 22.
Oct 22
Much of the country was shut down in 2020, thanks to government responses to Covid-19. But Lake of the Ozarks was very publicly—even notorious…
Oct 28
Shootout charitable donations accelerated again this year, as the biggest unsanctioned boat race in the nation brought in $400,000 for chariti…
Nov 17
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — The Morgan County R-II School District has implemented a mask mandate for all students, effective Nov. 17.
Nov 23
New cases of COVID-19 are increasing in every state, and hospitalizations are on the rise. Mid-Missouri is following the national trend. Local…
Dec 01
CAMDENTON, Mo. — New guidance from the state of Missouri means Camdenton schools may be cutting back on quarantining teachers and students.
Dec 03
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Lake Regional Health System is responding to rumors the Lake's largest healthcare provider laid off staff at the ons…
Dec 09
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — The Miller County Health Department says they're scaling back their Covid-19 contact-tracing efforts, as case numbers rise.
Dec 10
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Lake Regional Health System reports they have had 13 deaths of Covid-positive patients so far in the month of December.
Dec 11
Missouri is one of 12 holdout states without a mask mandate, as Governor Mike Parson—despite pleadings and pressure from many—says he's leavin…
Dec 14
There will only be one major boat show in the Kansas City area this winter. The Lake of the Ozarks Marine Dealers Association (LOMDA) says the…
Dec 22
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Arrowhead Skilled Nursing & Rapid Recovery residents and staff members will begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine starti…
Dec 30
Residents and staff at Arrowhead Senior Living received a Covid-19 vaccine this week, as the vaccine has arrived in the Lake area for targeted…
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