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CCMH resumes surgeries

Effective May 4 2020, Cedar County Memorial Hospital will begin resuming some elective surgeries on a case by case basis. Each surgical case will be evaluated based on urgent need, comorbidities and the chance of needing to stay in the hospital versus going home. Each surgery patient will be allowed to have one support person

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Thank You

Thank you to Shirley Vickers for everything you did for Mom. Taking her to doctor’s appointment, bringing her food, being someone to talk to. Thanks to you we found her after she’d been down for almost three days in the bathroom floor. You were her friend and she always praised you for what you did.

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99th BIRTHDAY

99th BIRTHDAY – Wilma McKinley will celebrate her 99th birthday on Wednesday, May 6. We suggest a card shower for anyone who would like to participate. She has been very active in the El Dorado community and is a member of several local groups.   Her address is 212 Maple Drive, El Dorado Springs. Please

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Hailey Krehbiel wins Optimist District Essay contest

Hailey Krehbiel, 17, a student at El Dorado Christian School, is the winner of the West Missouri District Optimist essay contest based on a theme of “Is Optimism the Key to Achieving the Dreams you iMagine?” She was sponsored by the Optimist Club of El Dorado Springs. Krehbiel was awarded a $2,500 scholarship for the

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Fire report for week of April 19

On Sunday, April 19, at 12:33 p.m., the Fire Department was dispatched to a mutual aid request from Olympia Fire Department to assist with a structure fire on E Hwy. in Vernon County. Seventeen firefighters and Trucks 2 and 7 and tanker 1 responded. On Sunday night, April 19, at 11:23, the Fire Department was

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Senior Center would like to thank you for you support

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 16, the El Dorado Springs Senior Center closed our doors to the public. However, in order to continue providing nutritious meals to the most vulnerable amongst us, our homebound older adults, five days a week, our staff of three have still been here, diligently working. Because most people

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Latest Cedar County Covid 19 stats

At the weekly emergency operations center meeting Thursday, April 23, the following COVID-related numbers were released by Jenean Ehlers, RN, community services manager, Cedar County Health Department. There have been five positive cases. NOTE: The positive cases in Cedar County will remain five for reporting requirements according to directions from the State, even though those

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Fire report for week of April 12

On Wednesday, April 15 at 8:27 p.m. the Fire Department was dispatched to a two vehicle accident on S. 201 Rd. and to the airport for an aircraft landing zone standby. Twenty-three firefighters and Trucks 2, 3, 4 and 5 responded. On Saturday, April 18 at 2:06 p.m. the Fire Department was dispatched to a

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Missouri launches virtual assistant for unemployment questions

The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ (DOLIR’s) Division of Employment Security (DES) has introduced a virtual assistant chatbot feature on its home page labor.mo.gov. The virtual assistant is designed specifically to assist in answering unemployment questions by simply clicking on the icon and typing in a question. With the unprecedented volume of calls

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2019 Virgil City Cemetery report

Donations were received from: Beulah Keith memorial, Martin and Mildred Eslinger trust, Anna Barker, Evelyn Wood, Martin Kolaski, Pauline Hlavaceh, Doug Nidodim, Mark White, Mary Hymer, Doris Fortney, Ron Emons, Kristi Tolivar, Doyle White, Joe Dunfield, Herchel Teeples, Betty Majors, C.J. Steele, Shana Newman, Sharla Stonebraker, Frances West, Geraldine West, Janet Marshall, Gary Henry, Fred

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