By UNMC, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, Omaha, NE Each farm shop is unique in size and design. One thing all farm shops have in common are the everyday hazards found in housekeeping, chemical storage, and obstacles that can cause slips, trips and falls. Dennis Murphy, Professor Emeritus at the Penn State…

ROLLA, (Mo.) April 2 – Mark Twain National Forest is taking the risks associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak seriously.  For the safety of our visitors and employees, changes have been made so that we can continue to deliver benefits to the public while making safety our top priority. Offices will be assisting customers…

Michael Boyink/Herald This arrangement of flowers recently appeared on the northeast corner of the Ava Square, in front of The Well building now occupied by lawyer Christopher Swatosh. The arrangement is one of over 70 that Impressions Floral and Gifts delivered for free after the business decided to temporarily close due to COVID-19. “It was just…

by Michael Boyink / [email protected] Your smartphone knows where you are. And where you have been. It often shares that information back to companies like Google, who collect the data, aggregate it, and use it in different ways. Not everyone likes being physically tracked, so most phones allow you turn off location sharing. Most people…

The Ozark County Recycling Center will only accept recycling from Ozark County residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Eastern District Commissioner Gary Collins.  “We don’t want any out-of-county trash,” Collins said. “Our county is trying to stay clean, and until this virus deal is over, we’re shutting it down [to items from outside the county].…

Starting Monday, April 6, Ozark Action, Inc. is implementing new temporary office hours.  Hours of operation are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Thursday; closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. “OAI is committed to continuing to serve Missouri families with essential services, however first and foremost we are committed to protecting the health and…

Top harvest counties were Miller with 74 birds checked, Franklin with 62, and Callaway and Sainte Genevieve with 60 each.  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,712 birds over the past youth weekend, April 4 and 5. Top harvest counties…

Ava’s SeniorAge  included in the list.  The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded nearly $100,000 to nine regional nonprofit agencies in the initial grants made from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. The grants from this fund are focused on agencies providing support to vulnerable citizens during this pandemic emergency across the CFO’s 58-county service…

The Missouri Association of Baptists have canceled all meetings for the rest of the year. For more information contact Charlie Hannaford or Doyle Turner. *** The VFW and the VFW Axillary are canceling their meeting on 4/14/2020 at 7:00 p.m. *** The regular April meeting of the Ava Area Ambulance District board of directors scheduled…