Friday, March 21, 2025

The following events are happening at your local library.

Polk County residents have taken to social media to voice their displeasure with State Bill 4 (SB4) and how their representative voted for it.

We always planted potatoes on March 17, St.Patrick’s Day, when I was a boy on the farm.

“Mickey 17” is the kind of movie where you just have to trust the filmmaker to take you on a ride. Fortunately, it’s a filmmaker who has proven trustworthy with such rides in the past. Six years ago, writer/director Bong Joon-ho released “Parasite,” another movie that didn’t really telegraph its story. Even if people knew about its early stages about an impoverished family taking on jobs as servants of a wealthy family, they probably wouldn’t have been able to guess where the story was going. But enough people trusted Bong enough to see the film, which they overwhelmingly loved. Word of mouth carried the film to a Best Picture Oscar win, even though it was still a tricky movie to summarize because of all the subtleties and tonal shifts.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — For many nursing home residents, a trip to the hospital can be a jarring experience — one that leaves them confused and stressed. Yet avoidable transfers happen far too often, not only disrupting a resident’s routine but also costing the U.S. healthcare system $2.6 billion annually.

As summer vacation comes to a close, it’s almost that time of year when parents rush to the stores for supplies and teachers dress up their classrooms to welcome back fresh-faced students.

While donations of supplies have poured in, organizers of Saturday’s Tenth Annual Polk County Back to School Extravaganza say more are always needed.

A Missouri State University student from Halfway was awarded for her success at the 2023 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 22-25.

Registration for all Humansville R-IV students will take place Aug. 9 through Aug.11, from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration packets will be available for parent pick up starting Tuesday, Aug. 8.

Sullivan Bank in Pleasant Hope will be doing a school supply drive for the Pleasant Hope School District.

Ace High Beauty Collective, 201 S. Main Avenue, Bolivar was welcomed by the Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce at a ribbon cutting on Saturday, March 15. Ace High offers an elevated, hygienic, low toxin beauty collective, nails, pedicures, and spray tanning are available. And specializes in permanent jewelry.

The Bolivar Herald-Free Press invites residents to send their engagement, wedding, baby, and other milestone announcements.

HI LOW PRECIPITATION

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Pearls of Production committee is hosting five online sessions for women livestock producers across the state over the next few months. Although the content is created for women producers, all producers are welcome to attend.

JEFFERSON CITY –On Monday, March 17, Governor Mike Kehoe signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 supplemental budget bill, HB 14, that was passed by the General Assembly last week. The bill allows for current operations of state government to continue through FY 2025.