It’s time to shine a spotlight on the businesses that make Polk County a great place to live, shop, and thrive. Nominations are now open for the 2025 Polk County Readers’ Choice Awards, hosted by the Bolivar Herald Free Press.
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5/9/25
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May 21 will see the district baseball tournament at Central High School in Springfield.
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By Bob Campbell
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5/9/25
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The Bolivar Herald-Free Press invites residents to send their engagement, wedding, baby, and other milestone announcements.
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5/9/25
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Program will focus on avoiding poison ivy, ticks, and other outdoor worries.
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5/9/25
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“Thunderbolts*” is the latest offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, seems like awfully familiar territory. In the film, a group of assassins, criminals, and burnouts band together to form a ragtag group of do-gooders looking for redemption. There are definitely shades of the MCU’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” in play. Or how about that Sony-controlled “Sinister Six” movie that may never materialize?
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By Bob Garver
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5/9/25
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Can a Nervous Nellie burn her belly?
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5/9/25
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Sixty eight years ago, Nixa mayor and local barber Finis Gold came up with an idea.
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By Larry Whiteley
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5/9/25
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SHERIFF’S REPORTS
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5/9/25
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Applications for the Polk County Senior Tax Credit Program will be accepted until Friday, May 30. With less than a month remaining, if you are considering applying for the program it is encouraged that you do so well before the May 30 deadline as all documentation must be submitted by the deadline and failure to do so will result in your application being denied for 2025. Applications are still available on the second floor of the Courthouse and on the county website homepage www.polkcountymo.gov.
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5/9/25
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Impatience: Digital cameras made it worse
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5/7/25
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