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On Friday, April 10, the Sun call El Dorado Springs R-II Superintendent Mark Koca to discuss the announcement by Missouri Governor Mike Parson that the school year is over for schools statewide. Mark answered the phone in his office, “What’s up?” Q. That’s what I was going to ask you. We got the notice yesterday

LIGHTS ON AND ALMOST NOBODY HOME – El Do R-II Superintendent Mark Koca stands in an empty hall awaiting the end of school. School has been closed since Spring Break and will remain closed through the end of May. Koca retires at the end of June.

The Sac Osage Retired School Employees’ Association did not meet in March due to Covid-19 concerns.  However, the Executive Officers realized that there were changes that needed to be made to the Nellie Nicholas Scholarship Guidelines.  The Application and Guidelines had previously been sent to the local papers in March. In the original Guidelines it

On April 7, 2020, the Cedar County Office of Emergency Management announced Cedar County received notification of its 5th confirmed case of COVID-19.  Dr. Rick Casey, who is a member of the Cedar County Memorial Hospital Medical Staff and an employee at Mercy Clinic of El Dorado Springs, first exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 on Tuesday,

Because of the virus, there will be no city clean-up teams this year, but there will be a city wide clean-up on Saturday, April 18. So, look around you home, yard, business and property to see what you can do to make an improvement. Brush disposal – City refuse transfer station, 600 West Hainline. Construction

As the federal government prepares to send relief payments to Americans affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, consumers must be wary of scammers who may take advantage of media reports on the initiative. “Moments of crisis provide scammers with the perfect opportunity to take advantage of panicked consumers,” said Stephanie Garland, Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Editor: “Cedar County Memorial Hospital’s Radiology Department is the reason that my breast cancer was discovered in the early stages.” Those are the words of longtime El Dorado Springs resident and retired educator Luella Phipps, who at 93 is “very thankful for this hospital.” “Miss Phipps” as most of her former students know her, taught

Three candidates filed for the three 3 year positions on the Sheldon School Board: Bill Nance, Mariene Moan and Gene Leininger.

Governor Mike Parson will continue holding daily briefings to provide updates to the media and the general public on COVID-19 in Missouri. Governor Parson will be joined by various Cabinet members and subject matter experts. There will be no press briefing this Saturday, April 11. Next week’s briefings will take place Monday – Friday. In

The Shelter Insurance® group of companies was among the first to take the stance of continuing coverage when a customer could not pay their premium, and now Shelter, including its subsidiaries AmShield Insurance®, Haulers Insurance®, and Say Insurance®, will join others in our industry in finding ways to provide relief to our customers who insure