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St. Clair County Extension Council honors Century Farm

MISSOURI CENTURY FARM HONORS DON HILLSMAN AND MARY HILLSMAN – The St. Clair County Extension Council held their Annual Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, February 7, at the Osceola Public School Agriculture/FFA Building. Thirty-two people attended the meeting. In attendance were council members and their families, county commissioners, sponsors, faculty, staff and guests. Gene Hartley, Extension

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Friend-chip Goals

COOKIE SUCCESS AT THE CCMH AUXILIARY EVENT – The CCMH Auxiliary would like to say a “Special Thank You” to ALL who purchased cookies at the Valentine’s Day Cookie Sale that took place in the Gift Shop on February 14. All proceeds, as usual, will go toward the needs of Cedar County Memorial Hospital. Pictured

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Rural Fire Dues due March 15

Council Has Busy Session The El Dorado Springs City Council discussed a variety of things at their Feb. 20 meeting including restrictions on tents, derelict property, fencing, a Veterans Memorial and fixing the Lions Club Fountain in the Park. A prelude to the meeting was a prayer by Gabby Kinnett. The meeting was called to

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Update on woman found in rural Cedar County

Update: Two suspects have been charged with the following offenses in connection to the death of Ginger Lynn Shumaker: 1st degree involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and abandonment of a corps. These charges were filed today by Cedar County Prosecuting Attorney Ty Gaither. Bond has been set at $200,000 cash. Both subjects are in custody.

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R-II School keeps five-day school week

During a discussion of the 2023 -2024 calendar, at the February school board meeting a motion was made to adopt a five day calendar for the next school year. The motioned passed 4-3. Superintendent Oates gave a building and construction update and informed the board that for the restroom/concession stand, he was working with the

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Taking The Throne

COURT WARMING ROYALTY – Wriley Taylor and Kaden Burley graced the El Dorado Springs Gym as the King and Queen of the 2023 Court Warming on Feb. 10.

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Lukenbill honored by Bright Futures

DEPUTY LUKENBILL – I don’t think any of us in the elementary could have imagined a few years ago what a blessing having a school resource officer would be, especially one like Deputy Lukenbill. This year has probably been the most challenging one yet for a lot of us and we’ve all experienced some pretty

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Female body found in rural Cedar County

An investigation conducted by the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office, has resulted in the discovery of a human body, in rural Cedar County, between El Doado Springs and Stockton. As a result of the investigation, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, a search warrant was served at the location, and the body of a female was found buried

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Fire report for week of Feb. 5

On Saturday, Feb. 4, at 9:30 p.m. the fire department was dispatched to a small grass fire in a ditch on Lake Hill Rd. One truck and two firefighters responded. On Sunday, Feb. 5, at 6:17 p.m. the department was dispatched to several locations for natural cover fire in rural St. Clair and Cedar Counties.

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