Key retirement milestones everyone should know about

Retirement can seem like a very distant destination in your early working years. However, as you age, that once distant destination starts to become more real. As you enter your 50s you can really start to think about how much you have saved and how that will translate into retirement income. You can also start

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Garden critters: ‘frenemies’ in grow places

Cute critters by day. Thieves by night. Every gardener knows the frustration of having a beautiful flower or vegetable garden decimated by four-legged critters, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Wildlife can be more formidable garden foes than insects, diseases and weeds. A garden is the wildlife equivalent of a fast food drive-thru.

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Pittsburg State University announces spring honor roll

Pittsburg State University has released the honor rolls for the 2017 spring semester. To qualify for Dean’s Scholastic Honors, a student must complete at least 12 semester hours, receive a grade point average (GPA) of 3.6000 for all credit course work that semester and have no grade lower than a B and no grade of

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SBU releases spring graduate, honor roll lists

SBU has released the Spring 2017 honor roll lists for undergraduate students. From El Dorado Springs: Brooke Bland, Trustees’ List; Cameron Collins, Trustees’ List; Emily Jones, President’s List; Hannah Kruckenberg, Honor’s List; Landon Leonard, Honor’s List and Kameron Schaaf, President’s List. The complete Spring 2017 honor roll list is accessible at this link, where the

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Missouri S&T announces honor list

Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Spring 2017 semester. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0. For more information, visit

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State Tech announces spring honor roll

State Technical College of Missouri would like to congratulate students who achieved academic excellence during the 2017 spring semester. To be placed on the Honor Roll, a full-time student must earn a semester grade point average between 3.0 and 3.499 on a 4-point scale. From El Dorado Springs – Turner Fugate.

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MSU announces spring Dean’s List

Each semester, students at Missouri State University who attain academic excellence are named to the dean’s list. For undergraduate students, criteria include enrollment in at least 12 credit hours during the spring semester and at least a 3.50 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale). The complete dean’s list is available online at http://news.missouristate.edu/2017/06/14/spring-2017-deans-list/.   

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5 smart steps to preserving brain health

Everyone knows aerobic exercise gets the heart pumping and lifting weights keeps muscles strong. But when it comes to keeping the brain healthy, most people are unsure what to do. As you age, brain health and maintaining memory functions becomes a top concern. Turns out, these issues may begin sooner than you think. “We tend

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Stacy Griffith celebrates her half century birthday

By Marge Zink and Julia Snethen Morning message at the Rockville United Methodist Church was by Paige Martin taken from Matthew 10:24-39 Mt. Zion Home Bible study was held Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Tom and Beverly Pelkey’s home with nine in attendance. Sympathy to the John Rosbrugh family, services were held in St. Louis

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