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HAPPENS EVERY FEBRUARY – El Dorado Springs Mayor Cory Gayman signed a proclamation at the Monday, Feb 3, 2020, City Council meeting recognizing the first Thursday of every February as Optimist Day.   The proclamation mentioned the Optimist’s 70,000 members throughout the world that carry out more than 6,500 service projects that service six million

Dear Governor Parson, My name is Carolyn West. I live in Cedar County. I feel we citizens of Missouri are shooting ourselves in the foot by subsidizing factory farms (CAFOs) to the detriment of family farms and farming communities. The hog CAFOs allow meat production levels to rise and he number of agricultural workers to

Success stories in ads for online dating services can make it sound like true love is just a click away. Meeting people online may sound easy and safe, but consumers need to keep their guard up to avoid being swindled, hurt or worse. Better Business Bureau (BBB) receives thousands of complaints about dating services every

Preliminary reporting for 2019 indicates Missouri traffic fatalities have dropped for the third year in a row. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 876 lives were lost in Missouri traffic crashes in 2019 down from 921 in 2018, a five percent reduction. While the modest gains are encouraging, the state still has a long

According to Officials with the Sheriff’s Office, three Nevada residents were taken into custody after Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at a residence on E. Sycamore Street in Nevada, MO on Wednesday morning. According to Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher, a team from the Sheriff’s Office executed the search warrant and

“Strategies that reduce input costs and add value to your cattle help improve the profit potential of the cattle operation,” says Patrick Davis MU Extension Regional Livestock Field Specialist.  Therefore, MU Extension is cooperating with Boehringer Ingelheim to provide two cattle producer workshops that will educate cattle producers on strategies that will add value to

Citizens Memorial Hospital’s (CMH) El Dorado Springs Medical Center has partnered with the El Dorado Springs R-2 School District to provide on-site counseling and therapy to students through 12th grade during regular school hours. After school appointments are also available. Abby Chilton, licensed clinical social worker, provides on-site counseling and therapy services. Chilton can help

MEET, GREET AND EAT – Monday afternoon, Feb. 3, teachers and staff at the El Dorado Springs R-II School got to officially meet the new superintendent, Heath Oates. The reception was held on the balcony of the lower gym.

On Friday, Feb. 7, the Mo-Kan Square Dancers will have their 38th Anniversary square dance. This will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada. Admission is $5 per adult dancer. All dancers and interested persons are invited. For more information, call the Harolds at