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The El Dorado Springs City Council held their tax rate hearing on Monday, Aug 29. The council voted to set the tax rate at .10866 which is only slightly higher than last year for a projected revenue of $357,733. They set the next council meeting for Monday, Sept. 19. All council members were present; Glenda

Prescribed burns are an effective way to improve wildlife habitat or livestock forage in grasslands and savannas. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will offer a free prescribed burn online course followed by a demonstration burn from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie Conservation Area near El

Sometimes you don’t know how good you’ve got it. Like the time my fishing buddy, Allen Crew (who was also the best man in our wedding) came from Birmingham to go fishing on Toledo Bend with me. I took him to a hole Kimball and I had discovered that had schooling bass up to six

With college students settling in on campus, many of them living away from home for the first time, Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) warns consumers to guard against the so-called “grandparent scam.” Scammers will call family members and pretend to be a child, grandchild or friend who has run into a difficult situation, often while traveling.

Tara Harris, LPN recently joined the Cedar County Memorial Hospital Senior Life Solutions team as Office Patient Coordinator. She was born in Independence but has lived in El Do since Kindergarten. She completed her LPN licensure in Nevada in 2009 and has worked in many facets of nursing since then — including hospice, long term

Editor: Whatever your age, occupation or religion, you have to agree our children are Missouri’s future. The hungriest time for children is summer, so why was Missouri the only state to opt out of the Keep Kids Fed Act? Forty-nine other states helped families feed their children, save gas money and precious time by allowing

Editor, Color me impressed!!! Once again, I want to give a shout out to CCMH (our county owned hospital) and their new CEO Terry Nichols. I’ve actually known several Hospital CEOs who were pretty impressive but Terry is truly awe-inspiring, the best Hospital CEO I’ve ever met. With Terry at the helm, I’m confident CCMH

On Monday, Aug. 22, at 7:14 p.m. The fire department was dispatched to the airport to set up a landing zone. The department was cancelled shortly after arrival. Three trucks and 12 firefighters responded. On Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 11:31 a.m. the fire department was dispatched to a vehicle fire on west Hwy. 54. The

The El Dorado Springs Lions Club, with the help of a very generous donor, presented a check in the amount of $5,000 to the El Dorado Springs Backpack Program. The Backpack Program sponsors the Back to School Fair each year at the First Baptist Church for students in our community.

The El Dorado Springs R-2 School Board met for the executive meeting Aug. 25 The meeting was convened at 6:45 p.m. in the Library Members Present: J. Jacobs, M. Schmitt, N. Murry, C. Carpenter, RJ Kinnett-6:52 and J. Floyd. I. EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION FY 2022-23 #6I Mr. Burley moved and Mr. Jacobs seconded a motion