Search on for Century Farms in Southwest Missouri

If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1918, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. To qualify, farms must meet the following guidelines. The same family must have owned the farm for 100 consecutive years. The line of ownership from the original settler or buyer may

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Year end fire report

Building fires – 18, cooking fires – 4, mobile home fires – 1, pass. Car/pick-up – 5, off-road vehicles – 1, brush – 10, grass – 15, trash – 4, dumpster – 2, crops – 1, excessive heat – 1, med. assist – 7, MVA/no inj. – 5, MVA/inj. – 7, rescue from str. –

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Police Department year end report

Animal Control – 684, Ambulance Requests – 544, Assist Other Agencies – 532, All Escorts – 46, Nuisance – 486, Larcenies – 190, Assaults – 80, Property Damage – 45, Burglary – 44, Summonses – 634. Total calls for service: 5783 Search Warrants: 17

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February is Earthquake Awareness Month in Missouri

Southeast Missouri is home to the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), which generated some of the most powerful earthquakes ever to jolt the nation. A series of major quakes occurred in 1811-12, collapsing buildings, ringing church bells hundreds of miles away, and briefly causing the Mississippi River to run backward. That area is still active

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Thank you note

Dear CCMH and Jana Witt, We wanted to let the CCMH Board and Miss Jana know that we are grateful for the change in the policy, allowing organizations like the Calico Clippers Vet Quilt project to rent/use the community room in Stockton at no charge. Last week our letter was in the paper with our

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Ambulance Board meets

Cedar County Ambulance District, PO BOX 669, Stockton, MO 65785 Board meeting agenda Feb. 19, 2018 Location, Stockton Ambulance Barn 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approve Agenda 4. Approve minutes of previous meeting. 5. Public forum 6. Reports: a. Financial Report b. Budget c. Manager’s Report d. Correspondence 7. Unfinished Business: a.

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Hospital Board to meet Feb. 26

Note change of date. The Board of Directors of Cedar County Memorial Hospital will convene a meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, in the classroom at Cedar County Memorial Hospital, 1401 S. Park St. in El Dorado Springs. The tentative agenda of this meeting includes: Unfinished Business: None New Business: Public Forum •Financial

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CMH Medical Excellence Scholarship applications available

Area students encouraged to apply by Feb. 28 Applications for the Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation 2018 Medical Excellence Scholarships are now available at the Office of Human Resources at CMH and also online at http://bit.ly/1QRlCt1. The deadline to submit the application is Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. The scholarship provides financial assistance to individuals

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Square dance with your Valentine

On Friday, Feb. 16, the Mo-Kan Square Dancers will have a Valentine Dance with Kenton Sullivan calling from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada.  Admission is $5 per adult dancer and $3 per youth dancer.  All area dancers are welcome. For more information, call the Harolds

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Southwest Missouri teen headed to Washington, D.C.

Tasked with writing a speech on the theme “American History: Our Hope for the Future,” Lydia Eason instructed the nation to stop complaining and overcome its divisions. “It’s about how we as America need to come together and accept each other’s differences,” Eason said. “We just need to come together and love each other no

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