Lake Sun Leader

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Lake Sun
Type Semi-weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Vernon Publishing
PublisherTrevor Vernon
EditorDan Field
Founded1879 (as the "Linn Creek Reveille")
Headquarters4427 Osage Beach Parkway, Osage Beach, Missouri 65065, United States
Website lakenewsonline.com

The Lake Sun is a semi-weekly newspaper, with Wednesday and Friday editions, published in Osage Beach, Missouri, United States, covering the Lake of the Ozarks region. It is owned by Vernon Publishing.

In addition to Osage Beach, the newspaper also covers Camden, Miller, and Morgan Counties as well as the cities of Camdenton, Climax Springs, Eldon, Lake Ozark, Laurie, Linn Creek, Macks Creek, Sunrise Beach, Versailles, and Village of Four Seasons.

The Lake Sun is the flagship publication of Lake Media. Other Lake Media publications include Lake Lifestyles magazine, Vacation News, and local real estate, boating and holiday guides, among others.

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