Ready for the holiday season, Tunetti Natural Soap of Fair Play will feature their cherry tobacco bar soap in the statewide Missouri Grown USA gift box program. more

See what’s going on in Polk County! Mark your calendars for these upcoming events. Some events may require registration or admission fees; please contact the organization for more details. more

The Polk County Courthouse will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. more

McDonald’s of Bolivar is hosting a fundraiser to help raise funds to go toward Bolivar Police Department’s Shop with a Cop event at 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22. more

Three Citizens Memorial nurses were named DAISY Award winners. Sara Lipsey, RN, with CMH Infectious Disease Clinic, is the May 2022 recipient, Howard Cook, LPN, with Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility is the June 2022 recipient, and Jordan McMillen, RN with CMH’s Intensive Care Unit is the July 2022 recipient. more

Citizens Memorial Home Care Services Director, Valerie Noblitt, advocated for home health legislation changes on Capitol Hill in September. more

How well do you know Polk County? more

This year OACAC partnered with the First Baptist Church and received donations from local businesses to serve Polk County families with a Thanksgiving meal. Wednesday, Nov. 16, families received all the makings for a Thanksgiving meal at a drive-thru pick-up at COM. Other full Thanksgiving meal baskets were distributed by OACAC to the Karlin Lane Head Start and Broadway Head Start families. more

We want to see your deer pictures. more

LAND TRANSFERS more

Citizens Memorial Hospital and Dallas County Family Medical Center in Buffalo, welcome licensed clinical social worker, Tommie L. Miller, to the medical staff. more

The annual ceremony honoring our veterans was held on 11/11/11 — the eleventh month, eleventh day, and eleventh hour — on the square in Bolivar. more