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HEIDI AND TONY HOU TO RETIRE – After 29 years as proprietors of their restaurant, the El Dorado Café, on Hwy. 54 in El Dorado Springs, the couple is ready to retire and travel, especially to see their two sons, James and Justin, and  their five grandchildren – one in Colorado and four in Texas.

The Clintonville Lodge 482 A.F.& A.M. will host a free MoCHIP – child identification and protection program from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, in the R-II School Elementary Cafeteria. With more than 240,000 children processed through the MoCHIP Child ID program in 13 years, MoCHIP is helping to protect our community. The

The public is invited to a memorial Masonic Ceremony for the late Ed Morlan at 5:30 p.m. at the Clintonville Lodge, 117 N. Main in El Dorado Springs on Thursday, Oct. 10. Past Grand Master Ron Jones from Odessa, MO will be the officiant.

It’s Black Walnut time The annual Black Walnut Harvest is upon us with hulling stations officially opening up across the Midwest on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Hammons Products Company’s network of hullers will pay a higher opening price than last year: $16 per 100 pounds after hulling ($15 for locations East of the Mississippi River) to

Dean “Leon” Dwerlkotte. 65. passed away in his home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday. Sept. 24, 2019. Dean “Leon” was born June 24, 1954. in Marysville, KS, the youngest of six children born to Sylvis and Nadine (Oswalt) Dwerlkotte. Leon attended St. Gregory’s Parochial School in Marysville. His parents divorced when he was

The El Dorado Springs City Council met Monday, Sept. 16. Present were Mayor Pro-Tem Cory Gayman and council members Jim luster, Nick Bland and Nathan Murrell. City Manager Bruce Rogers was present, as were City Clerk Kandi Baldwin, Police Chief Jarrod Schiereck, Fire Chief Bob Floyd, Fire Captain JR Stroer, Street Superintendent Brian Koger, Building

HOSPITAL AUCTION ITEMS – Pictured is Cedar County Memorial Hospital CEO Jana Witt with some of our Silent Auction offerings. Please be sure to attend the 11th Annual Fundraiser for the Cedar County Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 26, on the hospital grounds. The event will be held from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. with food,

During the financial report at the Cedar County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees meeting on September 16, Chief Financial Officer Carla Gilbert said that the hospital’s operating revenue for the month was $2,177,772 with expenses of $1,178,833. After deductions from revenue, the net loss for August was $71,249. According to hospital CEO Jana Witt adjustments

KAMBER IN TV SERIES – Kamber Cain, El Dorado Springs song bird, took the title of “EP of the Year” for her “Singin’ My Own Song” EP at the 5th Annual Josie Music Awards held on Saturday,  Sept. 21, at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. The Josie Music Awards is the largest independent music awards

BLACK WALNUT CANDIDATE – Leah Rohlin will represent El Dorado Springs at the Black Walnut Queen Contest on the stage in the Stockton Park from 8 – 9 p.m. on Saturday, September 28. The Black Walnut Festival is a Stockton tradition dating back to 1960.   The Festival officially begins at 1p.m. on Wednesday, September