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Crooked Creek

Healthy soil supports sustainable and productive agriculture. Two key factors that affect soil health are compaction and runoff, which can be caused or exacerbated by certain agricultural practices, such as tillage and overgrazing.

Grow Easy-Care Mandevillas for Season-Long Color

by Melinda Myers Bold color, tropical beauty, and easy-care mandevillas make excellent additions to patios, decks, and gardens. Train them onto a trellis, allow them to cascade from a hanging basket, or combine them with other plants. Enjoy summer-long blossoms and the butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators that stop by for a visit.

Rock Bass

By Larry Dablemont Rock bass are to Ozark flowing streams what crappie are to reservoirs. Creel census figures show that they make up the largest percentage of fish caught, and fish kept by stream fishermen in the Ozarks. Missouri fisheries people once kept track of the fish coming out of the Big Piney, Current, Niangua, Huzzah, and Courtois, and they figured goggleeye made up 25 to 35 percent of the fish caught and kept. It is likely they overlooked the green sunfish caught when they did that survey.

Weekend Weather

Friday- Partly Cloudy with a high near 80 degrees and a low of 62 decrees with a chance of rain. Saturday- Partly Cloudly. Expect a high of 85 degrees and a low near 64 degrees. Sunday- Partly cloudy skies with a high around 82 degrees and a low near 63 degrees. There is a moderate chance of rain.

Bobcat Basketball Camp set

The Flippin School District is set to host Basketball Camps in June 5 -7. Students interested in participating in the camps must fill out a form and get signed up.

Five Generations

Pictured above are five generations of the Methvin family: JoElla Cunningham Methvin, Debra Methvin Keeter, Alisha Keeter Benedict Sasser and Lilah Mae Elaine Sasser. .

Y-S Boys and Girls 2023 T/F

Pictured above is the 2023 Junior High District winning Girls team from Yellville- Summit Junior High School. Below: The 2023 Yellville-Summit Junior High Boys Track team.The Panthers finished second at the District Track and Field competition on Wednesday, April 19.

MCFB recognized for production

YELLVILLE – Marion County Farm Bureau was recognized at the Farm Bureau Statewide Agents and Agency Managers meeting in March for total performance during 2022. Sample received the #1 Agency-Loss Ratio-SFB Casualty award for outstanding insurance production.