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Living History Day Sept. 8 at Big Oak Tree State Park

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, August 31st, 2012, 5:45pm

Living History Day Sept. 8 at Big Oak Tree State Park

EAST PRAIRIE, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will hold a Living History Day on Saturday, September 8 at Big Oak Tree State Park near East Prairie.

Sponsored by Missouri State Parks, this event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

During Living History Day, you can watch demonstrations of old time skills such as rope making, weaving, flintknapping and making canvas floor cloths. There will be exhibits of the Southeast Explorer Mobile Learning Center from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and music from "Bluegrass Revival."

Big Oak Tree State Park is located 15 miles south of East Prairie on Highway 102.

For more information, you can contact the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site at 573-748-5340.

To learn more about state parks and historic sites, you can click here to visit the Missouri State Parks online.

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Rte. 80 to be reduced for road resurfacing

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012, 12:58pm

Rte. 80 to be reduced for road resurfacing

MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Transportation says Route 80 will be reduced to one lane while crews resurface the roadway.

This section of road is located between Route B and County Road 331.

Weather permitting, crews will be working Wednesday, Aug. 29 through Friday, Sept. 21 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

MoDOT says the work zone will be marked with signs. Drivers are urged to use extreme caution while in the area.

For additional information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (1-888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/southeast.

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Mississippi Co. Commission meeting Aug. 16

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012, 2:45pm

Mississippi Co. Commission meeting Aug. 16

MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Mississippi County Commission will have a meeting Thursday, August 16 at 9 a.m.

The meeting will be in the Mississippi County Courthouse.

Anyone wishing to appear before the Commission should contact the County Clerk in order to be placed on the meeting agenda.

For more information, you can click here to visit them online.

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Wheels for Winners Raffle raises money for Special Olympics Missouri

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012, 12:01pm

Wheels for Winners Raffle raises money for Special Olympics Missouri

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Supporters throughout the state are raising money for Special Olympics Missouri through the annual Wheels for Winners Raffle.

Missouri law enforcement officers and Special Olympics Missouri are offering tickets for a chance to win a new Ford Mustang Convertible. The car was donated by the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, with 100 percent of the proceeds going directly to support Special Olympics Missouri programs.

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SEMO Food Bank receives donation of $5,500

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012, 5:15pm

SEMO Food Bank receives donation of $5,500

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Southeast Missouri Food Bank received a donation of $5,500 from Coad Toyota and the Coad Family Dealerships.

The food bank says this gift includes a matching donation from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.

"Southeast Missouri Food Bank is grateful to have the continued support of Coad Toyota and the Coad Family of Dealerships," said Karen Green, executive director of Southeast Missouri Food Bank. "Thanks to generous friends like Coad Toyota the Food Bank is able to reach out to the 64,000 Southeast Missourians who do not know where their next meal will come from."

Over 170 nonprofit hunger relief agencies in 16 counties of Southeast Missouri benefit from the Southeast Missouri Food Bank. These counties include: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard and Wayne.

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Benefit race to raise money for 3-year-old, ROHHAD

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, August 6th, 2012, 3:21pm

Benefit race to raise money for 3-year-old, ROHHAD

SIKESTON, MO (KFVS) - A benefit race for a 3-year-old will raise money and awareness for Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation syndrome.

ROHHAD is a rare disease affecting about only 75 cases worldwide. The benefit race on Aug. 11 will be for 3-year-old Reagann Duenne from Charleston, Mo. Her mother and father are B.J. and Joe Duenne. It will start around 5 p.m. at the Sikeston Drag Strip, now called Dyno Dom's Sikeston Raceway.

Reagann's aunt says so far, the little girl is showing minimal signs, but did have a tumor removed recently that was neuroblastoma cancer; which puts her on the list for being watched for ROHHAD. She says friends and family want to help Reagann and all other families that have ROHHAD.

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