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Japanese beetles are back in full force in Missouri. Expect them two weeks earlier than normal, says University of Missouri Extension entomologist Ben Puttler. Puttler traps Japanese beetles and other pests. He already sees larger-than-normal counts of Japanese beetles this year. Wet weather creates conditions favorable for earlier emergence. The gregarious eaters chomp holes in

PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING Q: Do I need to be screened for prostate cancer? A: This topic and procedure has undergone several upgrades over the past 15 years. The PSA test was first approved in 1994 as a screening test for prostate cancer- but it was used along with the digital rectal examination. Since then, several

On Friday, June 2, Mo-Kan Square Dancers will dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m.  in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada. Dean Dederman, National Caller, will be featured. Admission is $5 per adult dancer and $3 per youth dancer. All area dancers and interested persons are invited. For more information, call

After Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announced it will exit the Affordable Care Act exchanges, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) released the following statement: “Today, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announced they are pulling out of the Missouri ACA individual exchange by the end of the year. This is a

by Stewart Truelsen It’s a job-seekers’ market this year with the unemployment rate slowly declining and job creation at a high level, but how long will these jobs last? Computerization, robotics and artificial intelligence will bring a sea change to the workplace over the next couple of decades, creating new occupations and eliminating some current

The Missouri Senate passed the “Steel Mill Bill” to help bring jobs back to the state on Friday, May 26. It will now be sent to Governor Eric Greitens for his signature. The closure of the Noranda plant in New Madrid led to hundreds of Missourians losing their jobs. A bill aimed at attracting companies

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City announced that it will no longer offer plans on the Obamacare exchanges, leaving approximately 31,000 Missourians across 25 counties with no insurer option on the exchanges next year. “Obamacare is collapsing and Missouri families are paying the price,”

The U.S. Senate  unanimously approved a bipartisan bill led by Senator Claire McCaskill and Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas to protect Missouri’s agriculture industry by addressing the threat of agro-terrorism and mitigating the risks to food put on tables across the country. McCaskill’s bipartisan legislation will require the Department of Homeland Security to prepare

Marriage Applications: Recorder of Deeds Office Cedar County Carole Wilkerson Recorder Edwin Dean Zack Laub, 30,  Humansville, and Rosabel Emily Lebaron, 24, Humansville Hans Francis Miller, 22, El Dorado Springs, and Brooke Nicole Bland, 21, El Dorado Springs Jamey M Heryford, 35, Humansville, and Jorde Nichole Wood, 25, Humansville St. Clair County Robert