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The Band Plays On

  Municipal Band’s final concerts for 2025 this weekend This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be the final concerts for your Municipal Band this summer. As you know, we play during the months of June, July and August. Since students and teachers have headed off to school, we will play our closing concerts Friday, Saturday

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Tax Payers to be Paid Back

Citizens of Cedar County, We, the Cedar County Commission and Newly Appointed Cedar County Clerk, Chrislynn Price as well as the Cedar County Treasurer, Carla Lowe, Collector, Lisa Nelson and Assessor, Leah Morton have all agreed that we must pay the taxpayers back. We plan on implementing this 1 year at a time starting with

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Governor Kehoe appoints Chrislynn Price as Cedar County Clerk

By Melanie Chance Governor Mike Kehoe has officially appointed Chrislynn Price as Cedar County Clerk. The announcement came Monday, Aug. 18, following the Committee’s July 23 recommendation. “Chrislynn Price, of Stockton, was appointed as the Cedar County Clerk,” Kehoe’s office said in a release. Ms. Price currently serves as the interim Cedar County Clerk. She

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2026 Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Round is now open

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks is pleased to announce that the 2026 grant round for the Land and Water Conservation Fund is now open. LWCF grants are available to cities, counties and public-school districts to be used for outdoor recreation projects. For more information about this program, to download the

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Sleeping bag for your phone

MORNING RITUAL – El Dorado Springs Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers will have a new morning routine when they return to school this week. Each student who has a phone will pick up a bag and place their phone in it and have it locked. It will stay with them during the day. Before they

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R-II School Board, ready to go

The El Dorado Springs R-II School Board held their last meeting before the start of school on on Thursday, August 14. All members were present. The board voted to increase the middle and high school lunches by 10 cents. They approved the bus routes and the Special Education compliance. Handbooks were approved along with District

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Daughters of the American Revolution Spearhead “Bells Across America”

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution invite you to join with them in celebrating the signing of the American Constitution which occurred on September 17, 1787.  Participate in Bells Across America, September 17 at 4:00 p.m. EST, 3:00 p.m. CST to join our national celebration with one minute of simultaneous bell

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MoDOT work begins

Work has begun on the Hwy. 97 bridge over Horse Creek (north of Jerico Springs). Cedar County, during the week of Aug. 11, and continuing through mid-November. During this time, the existing bridge will be replaced, widening the structure by four fee (totaling 24 feet to accommodate two 12-foot lanes) as well as new barrier

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Council hears pool update

El Dorado Springs City Manager Bruce Rogers discussed the up coming swimming pool renovation with the city council at their meeting on Monday, Aug. 18. Rogers said that work would begin in September. Rogers said that some of the scheduled items like the  sun shade, the splash pad and diving board shad come in under

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