Yearly labor of Love

United States Navy Veteran, John R. Hoagland, who will turn 90 years old on May 28, will raise the Flag for the 69th consecutive year at the Green Lawn Cemetery Memorial Day services in Schell City at 11 a.m. Monday, May 29. Mr. Hoagland enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and served

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School Board names Extra Duty Staff

During the first executive session of the May 11. 2023 R-II School board meeting the board voted to: approve Jay Martin as Middle School Principal; approve Michele Leonard as process Coordinator; approve the hiring of Traci Adams as Speech Pathology Assistant; approve the hiring of Brooke Norval as Elementary teacher; approve the hiring of Sasha

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CITY TO HOLD HEARING ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AT HWY 32 BUILDINGS

The City of El Dorado Springs will consider an application for conditional use permit to allow pet grooming in highway businesses on conditional use basis at 1305 S. Hwy 32 (old Woods building) and 1307 S. Hwy 32 (old Shopko building.) A conditional use permit (CUP) is a type of land use permit granted by

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Fish Fry at Lions Club Park

The Lions Club will have an all-you-can-eat Fish Fry on Monday, May 29, at noon until done, at the Lions Club – Carter Memorial Park, 1168 S Main Street. $15 per person, kids 5-12 $7; kids under 5 free. Proceeds will benefit Lions Club projects.

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Fire report for week of May 14

On Wednesday, May 17 at 9:33 a.m. the fire department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident at US 54 Hwy. and County Rd. 101. Two trucks and 10 firefighters responded.

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The Rock Wall

I thought about telling you about some strange things I have seen from the water. Once Kimball and I launched in the Tchefuncte (Cha-Funk-tah) River that runs into the northeast corner of Lake Pontchartrain and fished toward the lake. I caught a huge crappie on the crankbait and for some unknown reason decided to remove

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BBB tips for working with HVAC contractors

Summer months are approaching, and the last thing you want is for the air conditioning to stop working in the middle of a sweltering day. Good HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) contractors are in high demand during the summer, so now is a great time to make sure everything is working and catch any

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Resurfacing project on Rt. 54 in Vernon, Cedar Counties to begins May 15

Vernon and Cedar Counties – Drivers can expect lane closures and occasional traffic delays on U.S. Routes 54 in Cedar and Vernon counties for a resurfacing project beginning the week of May 15, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. Contractor crews will add an overlay of new asphalt along U.S. Route 54 from near I-49

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NEVC gets new principal and clean audit

by Johannes Brann Held in the evening of Thursday, May 18 – the last day of the 2022-2023 school year – the Northeast Vernon County R-1 School Board looked backwards as, at last, they were able to approve audits for the 2021-2022 school year and look ahead as they hired a high school principal for

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RIBBON CUTTING IN STOCKTON

The Executive Team at the Cedar County Memorial Hospital helped with the ribbon cutting at their new facility in Stockton which was sponsored by the Stockton Chamber of Commerce on May 17. Luncheon was provided by Enrique’s.

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