Emma Woodmansee, age 11, hit her target with a deer rifle 23. Woodmansee hunted in southeast Polk County, Pleasant Hope. more

Friday, Nov. 10, the big yellow buses herded the MacDonald County Mustangs north to SBU's Plaster Stadium to meet the Bolivar Liberators in the District Championship football match. more

Boys more

The forty years after WWII were a time of upheaval in the United States Military. The world war had ended only five years earlier, and the veterans who saw combat were still adjusting to civilian life. The war’s former allies, the United States and the Soviet Union, were at each other's throats, often using other nations as a means of taking jabs at their nemesis. The spread of communism and the fear of it coming to the Western hemisphere prompted conflicts throughout the world for the next few decades. The Cold War was upon us. As proxy wars waged across the oceans the military at home had its own battles to fight. more

Most Americans hold the military in high esteem, and rightfully so; they bravely go places many of us avoid. Since the beginning of our nation, nay, before we were a nation, our fighters have led the United States to multiple victories, keeping us a free nation, at the detriment of their safety, mental well-being, and lives. Unlike Memorial Day, which pays homage to those service members no longer with us, Veterans Day respects those still able to feel the praise of a grateful populace. Every nation, be it Canada with Remembrance Day, France with Armistice Day, Britain with Remembrance Sunday, or America with Veterans Day, has a day established for demonstrating pride in their fighting forces. Interestingly, all of these countries chose on, or near, November 11 to have this holiday. What is it about the eleventh day of the eleventh month that makes it a prime choice for celebrating the military? more

BBB Tips more

Bolivar Elks Breakfast more

Kevin Rebo more

Deaths more

Deaths more

The Bolivar Herald-Free Press invites residents to send their engagement, wedding, baby, and other milestone announcements. more

Friday, Nov. 10 more

Ninety-eight families have already registered to receive gift bags and food from the annual Share Your Christmas program sponsored by Polk County Christian Social Ministries. more

Monday, Nov. 13 — BBQ beef stuffed baked potato, cheese, sour cream, onion, side salad, chocolate pudding, celebration cake. more

We want to see your deer pictures. more

Last month, I wrote about “The Exorcist: Believer” actually working pretty well as a taut more

How well do you know Polk County? more

DISSOLUTIONS more

Hunters who harvest deer in these counties on Nov. 11-12 must take deer to designated CWD mandatory sampling collection stations more

Leo Guiot, son of Preston and Micah Guiot, got a 9-point buck while hunting in Polk County with his Poppy, MIke Cribbs. more

Ellie Morrison, 11-years-old, was hunting with her Dad on the Blue Bottom Ranch when she got her first deer. She was using a 30-30 that was passed down to her from her Grandpa. more

Show us what you love about Polk County! more

On my desk, there are three essential things – my laptop, a computer mouse, and a no-frills, lined pad of paper. Without the computer and mouse, nothing could get done. But without that humble pad of paper where I scribble my to-do list, I wouldn’t remember what needed doing in the first place. more

The Halfway High School class of 1970 met Nov. 4, at Smith’s Restaurant for a class get together. more

For most of my life our nation’s commanders-in-chief were seasoned by military service, nine tempered in the fire of combat service. more