August 2022

Discover nature with MDC at Missouri State Fair August 11-21

SEDALIA — Discover nature with the Missouri Department of Conservation at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia Aug. 11-21. Visit MDC’s Conservation building from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and the kid’s Xplor Zone from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to see MDC’s mobile snake exhibit, a new macroinvertebrate exhibit, and more. Ask MDC staff conservation- related questions, get educational materials, and have fun.

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Marshall Municipal Band preps for a week full of concerts

While the end of the season is rapidly approaching, the Marshall Municipal Band doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. This Thursday’s concert will be the 12th concert of the band’s 101st season and the first of four performances in just eight days. The free concert will begin at 7 p.m. on east lawn of the Saline CountyCourthouse. The concert will open with R. B. Hall’s “The New Colonial March.” Hall was a contemporary of Sousa and he dedicated the march to JohnBehr, the director of the famed Germania Band of Boston.

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Harrell Boedeker

August 15, 1929 – August 1, 2022 Harrell Boedeker, a former mayor of Malta Bend and a Korean War veteran, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, at The Arbors at Westport…

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