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Roaring River State Park will have an inflow of women on Saturday, as 40 have signed up for the first Women in Nature course at the park, led by the Ozark Chinquapin Nature Center. Anna Skalicky, naturalist/ resource interpreter at the Nature Center, said signups are full, but women still interested may sign up to be on the wait list should anyone drop out.

Zone 4 Mini Golf and More, located at 16007 Hwy. 76 in Cassville, will host a Fall Flea Market on Oct. 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Antisemitism is being spread in Cassville. In the last two weeks, sandwich baggies filled with corn to weigh them down have also included an antisemitic flyer, containing headlines claiming “Every single aspect of the” slave trade, mass immigration, media, COVID-19, LGBTQ+ movement and gun control “is Jewish.”

While Denali Water Solutions and Synagro Central are awaiting a date for judicial review of their suit against the Missouri Fertilizer Control Board for what they allege is the Board’s abrupt change in interpretation of the Missouri Fertilizer Law, a group of residents from Randolph County have filed suit against the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for what they allege is an overstepping of the department’s authority relating to Denali. According to their petition, Citizens of Randolph County Against Pollution (CRAP) allege that the DNR has exceeded its statutory authority by allowing Denali to construct what they say is a “solid waste processing facility” in their county without the permits required by law.

Gov. Mike Parson has requested that President Joe Biden approve a major disaster declaration to provide federal assistance in 33 counties in response to multiple severe weather systems that impacted Missouri from July 29 through Aug. 14.