Community team seeks child care information

Contact Information: Rondle Dines, New Growth Marketing Coordinator, rdines@newgrowthmo.org; 417-296-3390 cell Parents, employers, and child care providers in Cedar, Henry, Polk, and St. Clair counties have an opportunity right now to inform a regional child care action plan. Local residents and businesses can help by sharing their experiences with child care – what’s working, what’s

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Koroner’s Korner

April 11, 2025 Because there seems to be so much misunderstanding about Death Certificates, today I’ll write about the death certificate process. Some of this information is from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, hereafter referred to as DHSS. Death certificates are official documentation of the death of an individual, used for administrative

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Learn the basics of trap shooting at Andy Dalton Shooting Range

The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Andy Dalton Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center will present a Learning to Shoot: Trap – Intermediate on Saturday, May 3 from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Trap shooting is a fun and exciting way to further your shotgun shooting knowledge. We will spend time talking about the game of

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Goggle-Eye

Rock bass are to Ozark flowing streams what crappie are to reservoirs. Creel census figures show that they make up the largest percentage of fish caught and fish kep0t by stream fishermen in the Ozarks. Missouri fisheries people once kept track of the fish coming out of the Big Piney, Current, Niangua, Huzzah, and Courtois,

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Fishing Report

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 Spoonbilling is great. The river is up a little and has some current. They are catching them from Osceola up river past Taberville to the cut off. From a boat is best, but bank fishermen are catching them. Size depends on who you are and how

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Annual Earth Day Electronics and Appliances Recycling Drive April 19

Stockton United Methodist Go Green Team invites community residents to its 12th annual Electronics and Appliances Recycling Drive on Saturday, April 19, 8:30-11:30 a.m., in the church parking lot. Recycle for free: computer towers, keyboards, mice, tablets, laptops, scanners, routers, gaming systems, CD/DVD/cassette players, VCRs, telephones/cell phones, fax machines; printers/copiers; satellite receivers, re-chargeable battery packs,

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MDC reports young hunters took 4,428 turkeys over youth weekend

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 4,428 birds over the past youth weekend, April 12-13. Top harvest counties were Osage with 107 birds harvested, Gasconade with 105, and Texas with 94. Young hunters checked 3,721 birds during the 2024 spring youth weekend. “Excellent turkey hunting

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What’s new at the hospital gift shop?

Cedar County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is excited to announce the arrival of Spring merchandise in the gift shop at the hospital! You can find fun flowers with heartwarming sayings or adorable shelf sitters that are piggy banks! You can find some old fashion “hoop” wall hangings, as well as some great framed art work. Are

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‘Just One Thing: Confessions of a Food addict’

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in The Hill Church building, on Thursday, April 10, for their regular weigh-in and meeting. This was a temporary meeting place for today only as our regular meeting place Firefly Services was not available. Our Leader, Warren called the meeting to order, Carol led us in singing “A

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51 Animals rescued in Cedar Countycruelty investigation

From the El Dorado Springs Newsroom A joint investigation between the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office and the Humane Society of Missouri led to the rescue of 51 animals from a rural property earlier last month. According to a press release from the Cedar County Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Graves, in partnership with the Humane Society’s Animal

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