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Douglas County Ranch Has Largest Seed Stock Herd of Polled Herefords in USA
by Doug Berger Located in eastern Douglas County is a ranch which is home to the largest seed stock herd of Polled Herefords in the United States. Since 1981, Marty Lueck has been working as ranch manager for the Journagan Ranch and working toward establishing the ranch’s reputation as a top source of Hereford seed…
Read MoreTroop G Releases Thanksgiving Day Enforcement Totals
Captain Bruce D. Fiske, commanding officer, Troop G, Willow Springs, announces the following traffic totals for the Thanksgiving Day holiday period. During the reporting period, Troop G troopers investigated 21 crashes resulting in two fatalities and eight injuries. Also, troopers arrested three persons for driving while intoxicated and four people for drug violations. Troop G…
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Courts Moving to Phase Two on 12/4
By order of the Missouri Supreme Court, Judge Craig Carter notifies the citizens of Douglas County that Douglas County Courts will be phasing up to Phase Two effective December 4, 2020. Phase Two will allow the courts to include more case types to be heard by the courts as well as increase occupancy rates…
Read MoreAva City Council: Runway Lights, Upcoming Election, Leaf Pickup
by Doug Berger On Tuesday, November 24th, the Ava Board of Aldermen convened for a business session at 5 p.m. Airport Runway Lights The Board approved a bid from Strukel Electric, Inc., Girard, Kansas, of $352,678.50 for work on an Ava Bill Martin Memorial Airport runway light project. The bid also includes the installation of…
Read MoreAva R-1 School Board: Filing Opens December 15th for Two Seats
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Caney Mountain: A Primer
By Doug Berger The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) on Monday reported hunters had harvested 167,526 deer during the November portion of the firearms deer season. Of this figure 92,208 were antlered bucks. There were 15,041 button bucks harvested, and 60,277 does. At that point, Douglas County had reported a county total of 2,071. There…
Read MoreAva HS Fall Renaissance Awards
Ava High School recently announced its 2020/2021 Fall Renaissance awards, covering student performance for the Spring 2020 semester. They are as follows (names as provide by the school). White Card Awards White Cards will be awarded to those students who earn a 3.0 to 3.49 GPA for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year.…
Read MoreColumnists Wanted
If you are an excellent writer, live in Douglas County, and are active & knowledgeable in the following areas, give us a jingle: Outdoors (hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, etc) Homeschooling (curriculum, resources, co-ops, etc) Homesteading (gardening, permaculture, animal husbandry, etc) Columnists get a free subscription to the paper and one free advertisement per year. Interested…
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