What happened to the ducks this fall? Well, we had far too little water here in the lower Midwest, but the big problem was the lack of water in northern breeding grounds of Canada and the Dakotas. Way less than normal in the spring and summer.
The National Football League playoffs start Saturday, January 15. The first game on the schedule will see the Las Vegas Raiders travel to play the Cincinnati Bengals at 3:30 p.m.
Fleet Reserve Association Branch 251 Meeting is set for Saturday 15 January 1:00 p.m. at the American Legion Post 52, 717 Market Street, Mountain Home, AR., 72653.
The Marion County Budget Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, January 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Annex.
Starting Monday, January 10, Marion County Road MC 4021 will be closed to do work on the Clear Creek slab. There not a definite timeline for repairs and the public will be notified when project completed from the Marion County Judge’s office. Thank you for your patience on this matter.
On a frozen lake in Northern Minnesota, Rob Perez met with Jack Frost. They chatted while ice skating for the better part of an hour.
Yellville- Should agricultural land be used for wind and solar farms? This question will be the focus of the National Agricultural Law Center’s webinar, “Wind and Solar Farms in Farm Country: Addressing Land Use Conflicts” on January 19, at noon Eastern Standard Time/11 a.m. Central Standard Time.
Many things can come to mind when we think of invasive species. It can happen in plant life or animal life. Almost always these are not a good thing and take substantial time and money to control them. Several of these species were imported from other areas because of the benefits they could supply, but later it was found out that those benefits did not outweigh the nuisance they caused or were even a benefit at all. Some things that come to mind are Sericea Lespedeza, Queen Anne’s Lace, and feral hogs. We will discuss some ways to manage these problems.
The good people at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for decades have tried to keep us on the straight and narrow because someone should at least try.
Tom Dumas has donated $25,000.00 to help Marion County Community Services, a non-profit organization, complete purchase of 24 acres in south Yellville for the projected Marion County Community Center. He invites the community to match his donation.
