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Free workshop scheduled for Jan. 21 at Andy Dalton Shooting Range near Ash Grove. Reloading ammunition can be an enjoyable hobby and it’s a way for hunters and sport shooters to customize ammunition and get good shells. People can learn more about this popular pastime at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) free reloading workshop

Cedar County MU Extension Center and Council will present the MU Extension Beef Cow – Calf Operation Production Workshop at 6 p.m. Feb. 7, in the Cedar County Library located at 717 East Street, Stockton. The presenters will be Cedar County MU Extension Regional Livestock Specialist Patrick Davis and Dallas County MU Extension Regional Livestock

Dr. Kevin Bradley, MU Associate Professor of Weed Science, will present a Weed Management Update: Some Thoughts on 2016 and Looking Forward to 2017 from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 22, in the Sheriff’s Conference Center, 13 W Dakota. He will discuss herbicide management strategies old and new, dealing with resistant weeds, palmer amaranth showing

Story Time, sponsored by the Friend of the Library, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13. If the public school is canceled because of bad weather we will cancel story time as well. While you are visiting the library pick up the Take and Make packets provided by the Friends of the Library

All former employees of Nell Don, Junior House and J.H. Collectibles are invited to attend a Dutch treat breakfast at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 54 Café, Nevada.

Cedar County MU Extension Center and Council will put on the MU Extension Sheep and Goat Production Workshop on the evening of Jan. 10 at the Cedar County Library (717 East Street, Stockton).  The workshop will begin at 6 p. m. and the presenters will be Cedar County MU Extension Regional Livestock Specialist Patrick Davis

On Saturday, Dec. 31. the Mo-Kan Square Dancers will have a New Year’s Eve Dance with Jay Wright calling.  The dance will be held from 9 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds, in Nevada.  Admission is $5 per adult dancer and $3 per youth dancer.  All area

Seats up for election his year include the ones held by Darrell Eason, Allen Hoover and Scott Cluck. Filing deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Superintendent’s office.

The December board meeting of the Cedar County Ambulance District has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, in the Stockton Ambulance Barn. Included on the agenda is an item for the board to accept the resignation of the District 3 board member and one for the appointment of a new board member. Other

The Missouri Department of Transportation is developing a programmatic agreement for common concrete and steel bridges constructed before 1945 in order to streamline the Section 106 review process for bridges.Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties. To aid