MDC finding fewer endangered prairie chickens despite conservation efforts

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Missouri’s endangered prairie-chickens have dwindled to dangerously low numbers despite decades of conservation efforts. A bird once sustained on vast open grasslands now only has relatively small islands of usable habitat for nesting, feeding, and protection from predators and weather. That’s not enough for prairie-chickens, and perhaps

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Paddlefish report for March 12

For Truman Lake, Lake of the Ozarks and the Osage River (below Bagnell Dam). The 2019 paddlefish snagging season opens Friday, March 15, and runs through Tuesday, April 30. Weekly snagging reports for Truman Lake, Lake of the Ozarks and the Osage River will begin after March 19 and will be posted on Wednesdays. Updates

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Selling beef direct to consumers can help keep families on farm

When it comes to selling beef on the farm, there are a lot of different ways to achieve success and profit. Three of those approaches were presented as part of a “Making Beef Profitable for the Farm” panel discussion at 96th Annual Greene County Ag Production Conference held at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, held

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New books at Cedar County Library

The Chef by James Patterson – Accused of committing murder in the lines of duty, detective Caleb Rooney of the New Orleans PD uses the contacts from his moonlighting job as celebrity food-truck chef to counter a terrorist plot. Connections in Death by J.D. Robb – Helping to build a new school and youth shelter,

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Union Hall 4-H meets

by Sam Priesendorf The Union Hall 4-H Meeting was held on Wednesday, March 13, at the Land O-Lakes fair grounds. The meeting was called to order by President Avery Schiereck. T-shirts were distributed to 4-H members to represent Union Hall 4-H. 4-H Members will prepare for the Cedar County Fair (June 19-22, 2019) and the

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Stork Report

Alfonso and Trisha Camberos, El Dorado Springs, are proud to announce the birth of a son, Cole Rudell Camberos. He weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. and was 21 1/2 inches long.

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MoDOT crews working to repair potholes

Prolonged winter weather has left behind an unwanted reminder: potholes. Missouri Department of Transportation crews will be focusing on repairs through April. Crews started working to address the pesky potholes as soon as there was a break in the weather. MoDOT will have about 300 pothole patching crews statewide working to make roadways safer. About

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Patriotic Youth Contest

Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary to Post 257 recently sponsored a Patriotic Youth Art/Essay Contest for students in grades K through 5  who attend school in El Dorado Springs. Students in K and first grades created original posters showing how a person can be a patriot. Posters included such entries as military personnel, bald eagles,

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VFW Post 257 News

If anyone would like to meet with our Post Veterans Service Officer, he will be available at the Post home at the corner of First and Pine Streets in El Dorado Springs.  He is available each Friday afternoon from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Anyone interested in becoming a member of the VFW, please call Commander

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Join the VFW Auxiliary

VFW 257 Auxiliary is conducting a membership drive at this time.  Members must be at least 16 years old and be a close relatives of those who served in overseas combat. The members are sons or daughters, brothers or sisters, husbands or wives, mothers or fathers of persons who are or were eligible to be

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