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By their activity in the soil, earthworms offer many benefits: increased nutrient availability, better drainage, and a more stable soil structure, all of which help improve farm productivity. Worms feed on plant debris (dead roots, leaves, grasses, manure) and soil.

FAYETTEVILLE— The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been found in all four of the flyways of North America, according to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Sunshine Week, America’s celebration of the public’s right to know what its governments do, comes this year at a particularly sobering time. The annual event began Sunday and continues through the week, with media outlets throughout the country using the occasion to call attention to the laws that preserve public access to information and seek to keep federal, state and local governments transparent to the people they serve.

Just as we are finally seeing Covid cases recede, the flu, specifically Type A Flu has begun to impact our community. Last year when we were wearing masks during the pandemic, flu cases in our state were much lower than in previous years. A stomach bug also seems to be circling town.

Welcome to Sunshine Week! Those who cherish openness and transparency in government use this week to highlight why citizens of a democracy should care when public officials block their access to information and meetings. It should be obvious that you should be allowed to attend or listen in when your elected officials gather to discuss where to use road and drainage equipment, how to spend tax dollars, or who to hire for a top administrative post.

Jimmy Lynch, Garett Schnoor and Scott Carter, the Marion County Election Committee, met March 10, at 10 a.m. in the courtroom of the annex to determine the ballot draw. The draw was handled by Alexis Rodman and Tisha Pendarvis. Each of the following races have opposition and will be voted on May 24.

Bull Shoals - CRC will take the stage at the Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts on Saturday, March 19, 2022, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This band is a classic rock band from the Missouri. CRC is a recently formed band performing in Springfield, Missouri, and surrounding area. The band features a variety of classic rock and blues from various artists and eras.

Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was born on February 1, 1878 and passed away on December 21, 1950. She was born to William Carroll Wyatt, a farmer and shopkeeper, and the former Lucy Mildred Burch. At the age of four, she moved

Spring Break 2022! They say it’s gonna be epic! But is it? Let us consider. Spring Break is a strangely named week March wherein the schools, the same ones that were hitherto educating our children, for some inexplicable reason, set them free.