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Editor’s note: After seeing two TV news reports Saturday evening, Feb. 16, on Zombie Chronic Wasting Disease, the Sun called the Missouri Department of Conservation to learn about this disease I’d never heard of. News Director Joe Jerek directed me to Jasmine Batten, MDC Wildlife Disease Coordinator, who had never heard of it either, but

BULLDOGS CROWN 2019 COURTWARMING ROYALTY – Valentine’s Day was a busy one for El Dorado Springs. One of the top events was the 2019 Bulldog Courtwarming. Taylor Robison accepted the crown as the queen, but her counterpart, King Keilan Jacques, had an airtight alibi – He was competing in the MSHAA State Wrestling Championships. He

During it’s Feb. 14 meeting, the El Dorado Springs R-II board the Board reviewed the options available for school calendar for the 19-20 school year along with the results of the recent four-day week survey sent to the community and staff. Under new guidelines from the state, schools are no longer tied to the 1044

Cedar County Memorial Hospital CEO Jana Witt took time over this past weekend to answer written questions from the Sun about the proposed tax levy that will be on the April ballot. Q.  How much money does the current tax rate generate? The current tax levy generates approximately $265,000-$270,000 a year. Q.  What is the

Absentee voting has begun for the April 02, 2019 General Municipal Election.  You may vote absentee in the County Clerk’s office, Room 3, of the Cedar County Courthouse.

THE EL DORADO SPRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS AWARDS $12,451 – Kay Forest with the El Dorado Springs Community Foundation of the Ozarks was at the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday, Feb. 14, to award grants to seven local  recipients.   The El Dorado Springs R-II School received $6,941: $2,000

The El Dorado Springs Shopko store located at Hwys 32 and 54 will begin liquidating its inventory on Friday, Feb. 15. Doug Cage, the local supervisor, said that the liquidation is an “everything must go” situation and the actual closing of the store might take place before the stated closing date of May 12. Cage

Tom Cain, El Dorado Springs Utility Director “We really don’t know how many there were.” “The ice pulled service lines pulled off of houses and also shorted out some main lines. A little bit of a mixture of everything. A couple of poles broken off.” “We were called out about 9 o’clock Wednesday night.” Q.

Jim Davis, Sac Osage Electric general manager Q. I’m calling to find out how much damage the ice storm did for Sac Osage Electric customers. “In a 24 hour time period, we had 1,229 off, not all at the same time. The most off at any one time was 600. The longest anyone was off