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The Band Plays On

Final Weekend for Band this Summer Come listen to the last three concerts for 2021 this weekend. On Friday and Saturday evenings we will be playing songs that are Band Member Favorites. Then on Sunday afternoon we will have our traditional end of the season concert. Come on down to celebrate a wonderful summer season

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Mountain lions flirting with a comeback in Missouri

The big cats, found mostly in Florida and the West and known variously as panthers, pumas and cougars, went extinct in Missouri in the 1920s from overhunting and trapping. Almost a century later, as the number of reports has increased and a female sighting was confirmed, mountain lions are flirting with a comeback. This spring,

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Cedar Co. COVID-19 stats for Aug. 23

Reported cases since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic (1562) Active COVID-19 cases (21) # of deaths (26 confirmed PCR, 7 by antigen. Updated Aug. 17) Total Cedar County Test Count (total of negative line list + # positive cases) Negative Cedar County Test Count (25761 on Aug. 21) Positive Cedar County Test Count (1562)

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Forged In Fire champion at Renfest

Chris Farrell, a season one winner of History Channel’s Forged in Fire, will join the celebration at the 2021 Kansas City Renaissance Festival. Farrell is the owner of Fearghal Blades, a custom bladesmithing business based in Austin, TX. He competed in the 2015 premiere season of Forged in Fire, which challenges bladesmiths to create functional

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Fire report for week of Aug. 15

On Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 6:48 p.m. the Fire Department was dispatched to the corner of Hickory and Jackson to a reported power line down. Truck 5 and five firefighters responded. On Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 1:31 p.m. a firefighter went to a residence on 201 Rd. for a carbon monoxide gas check. None was

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Say cheese

ELDO POLICE OFFICERS DON NEW BODY CAMERAS – The El Dorado Springs Police Department has been using their new Reveol System 360 body cameras for about two weeks. Local officers have used body cameras since 2013.   Recently the city purchased this new systems for the department at the request of El Dorado Springs Police

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Hospital Board changes meeting time

During the monthly board meeting for the Cedar Count Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, the board took up a tabled item to change the meeting time of the board. The situation came up because board President Michele Leroux has taken a teaching position and cannot get away for the 11:30 a.m. meeting each third Monday.

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Cedar Co. COVID-19 stats for Aug. 16

Reported cases since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic (1524) Active COVID-19 cases (36) # of deaths (25 confirmed PCR, 7 by antigen. Updated Aug. 16) Total Cedar County Test Count (total of negative line list + # positive cases) Negative Cedar County Test Count (24048 on Aug. 15) Positive Cedar County Test Count (1524)

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All the fish you can eat

The El Dorado Springs Lions Club is hosting a “$10 all you can eat fish basket” dinner starting at 4 p.m. until gone in the Lions Club Park on Saturday, Aug. 21. Included in the meal are fries, coleslaw, hush puppies, tea, lemonade and water. All proceeds go to park improvements

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Assisting where she can

CHANGE AT THE CHAMBER – Kathy Grant has been named the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Administrative Assistant. She has lived in El Dorado Springs for five years, moving here after retiring from her job working for a federal judge in KC, KS. Her job duties, which she says are kind of “evolving,” is

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