July 15, 2026
14 Fall Garden Chores Welcome, fall, a season when gardeners try to get a head start on next year. The following are my top 14 fall garden chores, in no particular order: 1. Get plants ready to bring inside. Trim off extra growth to reshape your plants into a manageable inside size. Spray with dishwashing
On Oct. 8, the El Dorado Springs High School Class of 1961, will hold its 55th year reunion in the City Community Center on West Springs St. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come and get reacquainted with classmates. There will be snacks and drinks at 12 p.m. If you need further information, contact Bob
Tri-County Quilt Club met Monday, Sept. 12, at the Rockville United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall for their regular meeting. Evonne Anderson conducted the meeting of 15 ladies present. Business was conducted, Marge Zink gave the secretary report. Show and tell was by Madline Woodfin, Mary Mc Loud, Vicki Galubski, Ava Cortinger, Lena Gayman, Jeanie Breckenridge,
By Helen Ellerman Jewell and Helen Ellerman attended to El Dorado Springs Senior Center fried chicken dinner Sunday, Sept. 18. Several from the area attended the Walker Fund Days at Walker Saturday, Sept. 17. Church service was held at the Harwood Baptist Church Sunday, Sept. 18. Brother Jon Caudle Sr.’s sermon was taken from Acts.
TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off pounds Sensibly) met in the Church Of Christ meeting room on Thursday, Sept. 15. Tickets have been printed for the Baked Potato Luncheon which will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Community Center Banquet Room, 135 W. Spring St. We will serve from 11 a.m.
I need your full attention for a minute. We changed our email address a year or so ago. If you send something to our old address for the newspaper we will never know it. We’ve had that happen several times in the past couple of weeks… that we know of. I have put the new
At it’s Sept. 8 meeting, the El Dorado Springs R-II School Board picked an option to offer to voters on the Nov. 8 ballot. The architect gave the board two options that basically had to do with the gym placement. The board chose the one with the new Middle School gym closer to the High
IT WAS GRAND – Lucille and John R. Hoagland, long time residents of Schell City, were recognized for their community involvement as festivities got under way at the Schell City Fall Festival on Friday, Sept. 9. They were named the Grand Marshals of the Schell City Fall Festival Parade. More Fall Festival pictures next week.
Sheriff Dwerlkotte received information from the Polk County Sheriff Office in reference to a possible large marijuana grow operation off Hwy. N near the Hwy. J intersection. Sheriff Dwerlkotte and deputies from Cedar County Sheriff Office, in conjunction with the Missouri National Guard Counter Drug Helicopter, Community Narcotic Enforcement Team from Bates, and Vernon County
Celebrate native grasslands with tours and exhibits at Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie Early autumn adds new color to Missouri’s tallgrass prairie remnants and restorations. The goldenrod and ashy sunflowers bloom, letting yellow flowers wave over green grassland. Native warm season grasses stand tall, waiting to turn golden red as winter approaches. Visitors can enjoy guided tours and
