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🌱 Eldon weighs higher water bills after E. coli detections

Eldon, Missouri Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good day Eldon! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Eldon weighs higher water bills after E. coli detections
  • Stark Caverns owners break ground on $11 million adventure park
  • Hidden writing reveals a Sedalia building's past

Also on today's calendar: District 8 Traditions Month Chili Cook-Off.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 40 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 51, low: 29.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 47 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Eldon to host public hearing on water rate increases following E. coli concerns (abc17news.com) — Eldon is considering three water rate increase options to pay for treatment after E. coli was detected twice this year. A public hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, November 10. City officials say the money would fund required chlorination systems, infrastructure upgrades and additional employees, but the report does not specify the proposed rates.
   

2. Leadership behind Stark Caverns announces new adventure park (californiademocrat.com) — An $11 million adventure park is taking shape at Stark Caverns near Eldon, with its first attractions scheduled to open in spring 2027. Owners Amy and Jeff Hargroves project 50 new jobs over five years and 50,000 additional visitors. Miller County approved tax incentives for the expansion.
   

3. The surprising interior of 217 West Main Street (sedaliademocrat.com) — Writing uncovered beneath wallpaper at a Sedalia building offers a glimpse into its history as a brothel from the 1870s through the mid-1930s. Volunteers cleaning the former Open Door Service Center found names and drawings, including signatures attributed to two men from Eldon, alongside evidence of the residents' difficult living conditions.
   

4. Through the Years, Nov. 11 (cassville-democrat.com) — A Cassville history roundup revisits a 1976 vote in which FASCO workers rejected union affiliation, noting that the company's Eldon plant was also nonunion at the time. Other archival reports trace industrial expansion, archaeological work at a city park and a long-awaited rural water project in southern Barry County.
   

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    Purchased new from Watson’s Louisville AInstalled Jan. 2022 Viking a series model Well maintained Not getting the use I thought it would Everything… (Nextdoor Aurora springs area)
  • Marcus Sykora - State Farm Agent posted a job opening for Customer Relations Representative - State Farm Agent Team Member in Osage Beach. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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