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Rural Justice Report

Tracking Local Crime and Court Cases This is a Crime Page dedicated to keeping our community informed about court cases and legal matters occurring in Cedar County and the surrounding areas. As residents of rural America, it is essential to stay aware of the issues affecting our neighborhoods. Knowledge fosters safety and community engagement. Through

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Between the Covers: ‘Let Them’ by Mel Robbins (Chapters 10–15)

By Melanie Chance We’ve spent the last few weeks walking through Mel Robbins’ Let Them, and now we’ve reached the middle stretch — chapters 10 through 15. I’ll be honest, these chapters didn’t just feel like a reading assignment. They felt like sitting down with a tough but loving friend who refuses to let you

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What you didn’t know about rodent bait and your animals

If you’ve been online lately, you might’ve seen headlines about pigs turning bright blue in California — and yes, it’s real. Wild pigs in Monterey County were recently found with neon-blue fat tissue after consuming rodenticide directly from bait stations, according to Newsweek, SFGate, and other news outlets. Lab testing confirmed the presence of diphacinone,

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Rural Justice Report

Tracking Local Crime and Court Cases This is a Crime Page dedicated to keeping our community informed about court cases and legal matters occurring in Cedar County and the surrounding areas. As residents of rural America, it is essential to stay aware of the issues affecting our neighborhoods. Knowledge fosters safety and community engagement. Through

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KORONER’S KORNER: WHY?

Many times, the death of a loved one comes unexpectedly.  Most of the time, many of those left behind have one question that seems to take precedence over all other questions, ‘Why?’.  Why was my wife or husband or child taken from me so early?  Why didn’t we get a chance to say goodbye?  Why

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Fire report for week of Aug. 3

On Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 3:33 a.m. the fire department was dispatched to a mutual aid fire call in Nevada where the department provided shuttled water to the fire and had a pumper cover the Nevada station for any additional incidents that might have occurred within their coverage area.

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Grass is greener back home

by Caleb Jones cjones@amec.coop “It’s so cool, Dad. There are rats here bigger than squirrels.” That was the first thing my son, Max, said as we stepped out of our hotel in New York City. This past week, Lindsey and I took the kids to the “City.” We did the whole tour: Empire State Building,

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Twentieth Century Club discusses the 1960’s

Submitted by Lana Sue Jones The Twentieth Century Club met on April 14, at the home of our hostess Evelyn Boyle with Sue Jones serving as co-hostess. President Glenda Ware called the meeting to order. Evelyn, secretary, read the minutes of our last meeting. There was no treasurer report. Old business was to confirm the

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TOPS announces July awards: Congrats to all

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in The Firefly Services building, on Thursday, August 7, 2025 for their regular weigh in and meeting. Our leader, Warren called the meeting to order. Carol led us in singing “Help Me Slender” We said our TOPS & KOPS pledges. Warren led us in Roll Call. Sixteen members

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