Bolivar Schools announced the winners of the Master Teacher and Employee of the Year awards at the district’s end-of-year celebration on Friday, May 26. more

Planning is underway for the tenth annual Polk County Back to School Extravaganza, a charitable event that provides Polk County K-12 students with school supplies and other needed products. This year’s drive-through event is from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, August 5, on the Bolivar High School campus, located at 1401 Highway D in Bolivar. more

Citizens Memorial Hospital/Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation recently celebrated service milestones for 254 employees who have reached five to 40 years of service to CMH. more

The groundbreaking of the Andy Glendenning Memorial Park at the Bolivar Municipal Airport is coming up at noon on Friday, June 2. more

The mystery of what to do over summer break has been solved! Polk County Library welcomes the community to participate in “Summer Reading is Afoot!” starting on Monday, June 5. The 2023 Summer Reading Program is all about mystery and discovering the community we’re in. more

Southwest Baptist University conferred 286 undergraduate degrees during two ceremonies Friday, May 19, and 176 graduate degrees during a ceremony Saturday, May 20, in the Jane and Ken Meyer Wellness and Sports Center on the Bolivar campus. more

The City of Bolivar is hosting its Park Clean Up Day at Dunnegan event at the end of May. more

Bolivar R-1 students and staff were injured in a school bus crash around 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 south of Bolivar. more

A 28-year-old man from Springfield was killed in a two-vehicle wreck near Brighton on Saturday, May 20. more

After four years on the waitlist, a veteran from Bolivar got the opportunity to visit Washington D.C. on Wednesday, May 17, through the Honor Flight of the Ozarks, a program that gives veterans a free one-day trip to tour national monuments and war memorials in the D.C. area. more

Keri Clayton, a member of the Bolivar R-1 Board of Education, has achieved Advanced Board Member Certification from the Missouri School Boards’ Association. more

A decade-long partnership is coming to an end this summer as Community Outreach Ministries (COM) steps away from their role as the Service Extension Unit for The Salvation Army in Polk County. Effective October 1, COM will no longer oversee the annual bellringing campaign or be in charge of distributing The Salvation Army funds locally. more