Noel David Thomas Choate more

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

Southwest District – The public is invited to participate in an in-person public hearing to learn more about plans to realign sections of Missouri Route 32 in Cedar and Polk counties, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. more

Adren Stockton more

March is National Pet Poison Prevention Month. more

It was a momentous occasion when Federal Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District Stephen Limbaugh Jr., a long-time Missourian from Cape Girardeau, ruled in favor of the State of Missouri against China on March 7. His decision, ordering China to pay $24,488,825.457 billion in damages related to the COVID-19 pandemic, marks a significant milestone in Missouri's legal history. more

Blake Victor Swain more

DEATHS more

DEATHS more

I took advantage of the snow cover and light north wind recently to burn a brush pile. more

The Bolivar Liberators met the Strafford Indians in the championship game in District 10 with a chance to move on to the state playoffs. more

Boys more

Andrianna Meneses-Lilly more

Applications for the Riedesel Charitable Trust scholarships given to seniors and graduates of Fair Play School are now available. Renewal applications are also being accepted. more

The 4-H Annual Soup Supper and Dessert Auction was held on Saturday, March 1, at the Polk County Fairgrounds. It was a great success! Around 80 people came and about $2,000 was raised to support 4-H in Polk County. Many of the 4-H families donated soups and desserts. The desserts were auctioned off by Zach Artz who donated his time. Thank you to all who brought desserts, to all the sponsors for the YETI cooler, and to all who attended. more

It is hard for me not to give into a severe dose of Spring Fever when the temperatures cooperate with that notion several days in a row. My youngest grandson, Kolin, shares my enjoyment of planting seeds and watching them grow. He already thinks we ought to be spending some time in the greenhouse. He knows that I am always saving containers to use to start plants in, so he also has an eye out for such things. After enjoying his Lunchable the other day, he smiles and tells me he has an idea for his empty Lunchable container. Off he goes to rinse it out and then place it upside down to drain. He was pretty pleased with himself and I was equally proud of him. Reduce, reuse and recycle. At four years old, he is getting a great head start on at least one of the 3Rs…reuse! more

The Bolivar CTA is hosting the annual School Board Candidate Forum on Tuesday, March 25, in the Bolivar board room at the Central Office. The forum will begin at 6 p.m. with general questions, break for a meet and greet with the candidates, then conclude with submitted questions and closing comments. more

There is something special about time spent around a campfire any time of the day or year. Smoke drifts up into the sky, wood crackles and pops. Flames dance and flicker. Sparks float hypnotically upward. more

CIVIL PETITIONS more

The Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Bolivar High School, hosted the eighth annual Job Fair on Wednesday, March 5, bringing together businesses and job seekers. more

The Polk County annual Livestock and Forage conference will be held Monday, March 24, at the Sacred Heart Church, 1405 W Fair Play Street, Bolivar. The evening will begin with a complimentary dinner at 6 p.m. more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ---The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) accepted an amended rate filing request from Empire District Electric Company d/b/a Liberty and set new intervention and case decision deadlines. more

How well do you know Polk County? more

On Saturday, March 8, the annual JAG Princess Tea Party made a lot of little girls' dreams come true. Getting to meet their favorite fairy tale figures, enjoy refreshments, games and activities to take part in and picture opportunities made for a very exciting morning. more

The Polk County Democrats will be meeting on Monday, March 17 at 6:30 pm at Basil & Bourbon. Social hour and dinner for those who wish to do so will be from 5 to 6:30 pm. The guest speaker will be Will Westmoreland, Political Strategist and previous POCODEMS Chair. Will has vital information and insight to share concerning the current political climate and issues that concern us locally. more