Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) has tips for avoiding travel scams and too-good-to-be-true deals this Labor Day weekend. more

Congratulations to Gary Elliott, the August winner. Gary correctly guessed Sho-Me Service Center as the location. Be watching for a new location starting Sept. 4. more

Bolivar Liberators will host their first home football game tonight at 7 p.m. at Plaster Stadium. The LIberators will take on the Osage Indians. more

Get ready for the annual Country Days event coming up, Saturday, Sept. 7. The event is scheduled to take place beginning at 9 a.m. on the Bolivar square and promises to be a full day of fun for everyone. Entertainment, booths to shop at, games, food vendors and crafters, car show, Tommy Hawks axe throwing, Polk County Bike Club Bike Ride…something for everyone. There will be street shows to enjoy as well as entertainment on the Main Street stage. more

The Graves family reunion, descendants of James and Florence Graves, will be at Springfield Avenue Cafe this year on Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2. Plan on arriving around noon and ordering off their menu, if you choose to do lunch, since we are not doing potluck this year. Hope to see you there. If you have any questions, contact Joyce at 417-425-1563. more

Bismont Missionary Baptist Church will be starting their revival on Monday, Sept. 2. Service will start at 7 p.m. and will continue each night as long as there is need. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there! Bismont Missionary Baptist Church is located at 4207 South 56th Road, Bolivar. more

Monday, Sept. 2 — Closed for Labor Day. more

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'Adventure Day' in Rogersville to offer activities for blind and low-vision individuals. more

Correction: The Bolivar Liberators will travel to Osage Friday, Aug.30, to go up against the Osage Indians in the first game of the season. The first home game will be Friday, Sept. 13. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. more

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Wednesday, Aug. 28Veterans Outreach, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at DAV Unit 66, 1250 E. Wollard Street. more

Whether you’re just starting to book your hotel and flights or are already out of the office and enjoying your vacation, BBB encourages people to stay alert for common travel and vacation scams and use BBB Accredited Businesses to ensure their vacations go as planned. more

Coach Jamie LaSalle and his staff loaded up 41 Liberator football players and took a trip on Aug. 23, to Parkview High School to participate in their Jamboree. more

Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation will host its second annual Sporting Clay Fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 20, at the Ozark Shooters Complex, 759 US HWY 65, in Walnut Shade, between Ozark and Branson. more

2024 Drive to Feed Kids Raises 700,000 Meals more

 “Efficient forage management and utilization is important to the profitability of a livestock operation,” says Patrick Davis MU Extension Livestock Field Specialist. The best way to promote efficient forage management and utilization in a livestock operation is by incorporating management intensive grazing practices. To educate livestock producers on these practices MU Extension, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), MO Forage and Grasslands Council and Cedar County MO Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) are cooperating to provide a Management Intensive Grazing School on October 1st -3rd at the Stockton United Methodist Church Basement, 708 East Highway 32, Stockton, MO 65785. Classes will begin at 9 a.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m. daily. more

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Plant Diagnostic Clinic, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), will offer free testing for all common oak tree diseases in 2024. more

If you are like me, you do not watch or listen to our negative news anymore. So, you might have missed this. more

Polk County Republican Women will hold their monthly meeting Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Brenda’s Café at noon. Our guest speaker will be Senator Sandy Crawford. She will be giving us a legislative update and discuss the upcoming November election. We will be wrapping up our plans for Country Days. Please call your lunch orders in ahead of time to help the wait staff. more

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