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Dear Heartland

Remember sitting around the dinner table as your parents shared their stories about growing up? Remember hearing all of the crazy shenanigans they got into, or simply what life was like back then? Well now it's your turn and this time we want to hear them too. This is your chance to walk down memory lane and share your stories  about life in southeast Missouri as KRCU embarks on our community project "Dear Heartland."

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  • Sally Modde was just 9-years-old in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II. Many young men from her tight-knit community in…
  • Our next Dear Heartland comes from Judy Carron Collins in Perryville. Her father Dr. Oscar Carron was responsible for delivering about 6,000 babies in…
  • Today we’re bringing you more from our community project Dear Heartland with a story from a woman named “Challie.” She grew up in Claryville, Mo. during a…
  • Today’s Dear Heartland comes from Kate Howard and her dad Gary. When they’re together they’re like a well seasoned comedy duo that feeds off of each…
  • For the past couple of weeks we’ve been sharing your stories about life in southeast Missouri from our new community project Dear Heartland. Some of them…
  • There’s nothing like a good weekend at your grandparents house, especially if you come from a big family. But the bigger the family the more shenanigans…
  • Imagine hearing your earliest moments through the eyes of someone else. Like the day you were born, special moments you spent together, and where life’s…
  • Like most kids that hear stories about their parents wild childhood adventures they can seem a little over the top and hard to believe. And this story…