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It was no April Fool’s joke for an El Dorado Springs woman who claimed a $100,000 Missouri Lottery prize on April 1. Norma Jean Bledsoe purchased a winning “$5,000,000 Bankroll” Scratchers ticket at Casey’s General Store, 100 E. Highway 54, in El Dorado Springs. “$5,000,000 Bankroll” is a $20 ticket that began on Jan. 29,

  During the El Dorado Springs city Council meeting on March 25, City Manager Bruce Rogers said several things would likely decrease the city’s revenue for the next year. He said that Bonnie Keith was no longer going to rent the old shirt factory building on E Thompson Street for $750 a month; Shoko would

  The annual meeting of the Preserve Our Past Society is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 8, at the Wayside Inn Museum.   Guest speaker will be the VFW talking about their 100th birthday.

In a special meeting on Tuesday, March 26, the El Dorado Springs R-II Board hired Jeremy Barger  as the Activities Director for the 2019 – 20 school year with no coaching duties. He will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of the current AD Mike Durnell. The board now needs to fill the vacancy

On Thursday, March 28, the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office received a call that two people were possibly stealing items from a storage unit south of Stockton. The owner contacted the two individuals and they got in their vehicle and drove away. Deputy Tabitha Nance responded to the location to take the report. A short time

Car Show will be May 11, in downtown El Dorado Springs. It will be our 26th Annual show. We will honor the VFW Post 247 for the oldest continuously active post in Missouri. They were organized Nov. 18, 1919, and will celebrate 100 years of service to our community. Rep. Warren Love will attend and

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 4,  to hear Robin’s Hood, a group of Southwest Missouri musicians, who’ve been performing together for over four years.  Robin Braun of Monett is their primary vocalist, Micah Miller of Monett on guitar and vocals, Dr Sam Watts on keyboards, and guest percussionist Ron Alumbaugh.  Then enjoy playing jazz

At the Cedar County Memorial Hospital Board meeting on Monday, March 18, Hospital CEO Jana Witt told the board that Dr. Andrew Wyant is tentatively scheduled to begin at the Medical Mall on May 1. He and is family visited El Dorado Springs March 14 -17. Present at the meeting were Board President Judy Renn,

Q. We were talking recently and you said you get more guff from calling off school than any other thing. Yeah, this time of year, that’s the way it is. Q. I thought I would give you a call and see what the process is to close school. The first thing is just keeping a