The Mincks family reunion will be at noon on Saturday, June 8, in Pavilion #1 at Dunnegan Memorial Park, Bolivar. more

The Downtown Bolivar Association is now accepting applications for vendors who would like to sign up for a booth space at Country Days. This annual event hosts a variety of organizations and vendors who offer food, entertainment, and other goods. This year, Country Days will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. more

Polk County Central Dispatch is excited to announce the launch of Prepared Assist in our dispatch center June 1st, 2024. Built by the company Prepared, the platform enables our 9-1-1 dispatch center to livestream, receive multimedia, and receive location from mobile callers in real-time. This addition to our technology suite will significantly improve our ability to effectively and efficiently respond to emergencies in the community. Polk County Central Dispatch chose to implement Prepared Assist to elevate our emergency response capabilities. Its advanced features align perfectly with our commitment to providing swift and effective assistance to our community during emergencies. Prepared Assist equips us with the tools needed to ensure the safety and well-being of our residents, making it an invaluable addition to our center. Participation in video during a call is completely voluntary and consent of the caller is required. If the caller consents, they will receive a livestream link via text from the dispatcher, enabling them to activate live video upon click. It’s important to note that the video call function also does not provide Polk County Central Dispatch with access to the contents or settings of a caller’s phone. This launch follows weeks of preparation and training to ensure that our dispatchers and our team are able to properly utilize the software. Working side by-side with Prepared’s customer success team, we have created and adopted policies to ensure that Prepared Assist is used effectively in various scenarios. Prepared, led by co-founders Mike, Dylan, and Neal, is a mission-driven organization with a passion for improving public safety. In creating an app to help mitigate school emergencies, the team discovered that valuable data is lost in existing 9-1-1 processes and set out to address the problem by inventing Prepared. Since public launch October of 2021, the product has helped protect over 80 million people in 48 states. To learn more about Prepared and Prepared Assist, visit Prepared911.com more

The Shady Grove Cemetery Decoration will be on June 2. Basket lunch at noon. Donations for cemetery upkeep will be accepted that day or can be mailed to Louise Williams at 4687 S. 16th Road, Fair Play, MO 65649. more

As a new interpretive rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is set to give “buy now, pay later” customers more legal protections, Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) shares tips for using these services wisely. more

Mary Ruth “Sue” Lowery more

Kansas City, Mo. – On Monday, June 3, 2024, SBU Hall of Fame 1982 inductee and long-time tennis coach John Bryant will be inducted into the 2024 MIAA Hall of Fame ceremony at the Kansas City Music Hall. more

Citizens Memorial Hospice will host bereavement support group classes starting Tuesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. at CMH Community Room 2 at LimeBank, located at 1630 S. Killingsworth Ave., in Bolivar. more

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The Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation recently received a donation of $400 from the Bolivar Intermediate School Student Council for cancer patients at the Carrie J. Babb Cancer Center at CMH. The students raised the money through their holiday store. more

The June meeting of the Polk County Genealogical Society will be held on Thursday, June 6, at the Society’s Research Facility on the southeast corner of the square in Bolivar. Tim Ritter will be presenting the program. Ritter is a favorite of the members and does at least one program a year for the Society. This time Ritter will be speaking on the following topic. more