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EXCELSIOR POLICE

Body The Excelsior Springs Police Department reported the following arrests handled recently by the department. Wednesday, March 20 At 10:20 a.m., Sarah Stueve, 38, was arrested for outside warrant service.

Cline welcomed as new ESFD Assistant Chief

Body Excelsior Springs is gaining an experienced employee and instilling confidence in the local first responders. Joe Cline has accepted the position of Assistant Fire Chief at Excelsior Springs Fire Department (ESFD) and started earlier this week.
NEW ESFD Assistant Fire Chief Joe Cline (right) is shown here with his daughter, Elli Cline. Cline started his new position earlier this week. Submitted

ELECTION RESULTS RELEASED

Body White, Snelling take seats on ES School Board Unofficial General Municipal Election results, with all precincts reporting, have been released by Clay County Board of Elections Commissioners’ Chairman Darla Wierzbicki. Of the 179,294 registered voters in Clay County, only 12.
Traci White

Geography of the Solar Eclipse

Body No two eclipses are exactly the same as viewed from here on Earth. Why are they always different? The location, path and timing of an eclipse is the result of many factors.
Paths of Solar Eclipses 2021-2040. Source: NASA

Buchheit announces scholarship recipients

Body This year’s Buchheit Scholarship recipients have been announced. Buchheit Enterprises Inc., a farm store chain with locations in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Nebraska, awarded 13 $500 scholarships to Buchheit employees or the children of Buchheit employees.

MDC offers free seedlings in Blue Springs

Body Clay Countians looking for ways to landscape their yards might want to take a trip this weekend to Jackson County. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently announced it’ll give out seedlings of black walnut and redbud trees 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Mushroom season has started

Body April showers bring… mushrooms? April showers and warm nights make morels (muh-rells) grow and send folks to their favorite mushroom-hunting spots as morels seem to pop up overnight! A wet spring is often the key to a good mushroom year.
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