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Get those youngsters enrolled in Cloverbuds

Get those youngsters enrolled in Cloverbuds

Get those youngsters enrolled in Cloverbuds

All 4-H members, Cloverbuds and adult volunteers who enrolled last year will have to re-enroll for the 2021-2022 year. To enroll to www.join4h.com. Adults are $10 to join (will include screening), members will pay a $25 participation fee per member, and Cloverbuds (age 5-8) will be free.
Water summit informs district stakeholders

Water summit informs district stakeholders

Water summit informs district stakeholders

Groundwater experts spoke on various topics in the Caldwell Civic Center on Aug. 12, during the seventh annual Milam & Burleson Counties Groundwater Summit.

Milam COVID-19 case total increases by four

Milam County has 12 new PCR cases, 6 discharged PCR cases, three new probable and one discharged probable case, for a net increase of 4 active confirmed cases. One individual was hospitalized and two were discharged, but nine individuals are on ventilators. No new deaths.

RISD responds to report of positive COVID-19 testing

The Rockdale High School principal sent out an email Thursday to students' parents in forming them that one or more students had tested positive for COVID-19 and referred them to an attachment on the email for them to check to see if their child had been exposed to the one or ones that tested...

Lawmen still searching for ATM robbers

Area law enforcement agencies are still looking out for the group of men who robbed an ATM at the CEFCO in Milano on Thursday.

COVID-19 death toll climbs to 56

The 56th Milam County resident has died from the effects of COVID-19. "It just goes on and on," County Judge Steve Young wrote in relating the seventh death attributed to COVID-19 since the start of July. The county now has seven new PCR cases and 12 discharged PCR cases.

COVID-19 claims 55th life in Milam County

Milam County Judge Steve Young had the grim task of reporting yet another death, the 55th, to COVID-19 Tuesday night and sent out yet another warning to those still healthy, but unvaccinated. “The person had not been vaccinated.
Ruck & Ride for heroes

Ruck & Ride for heroes

Ruck & Ride for heroes

For the third year in a row, Charles Price III was honored by his mother, family, friends and the Austin Freedom Riders with a ride from Rockdale to Cameron. The Austin Freedom Riders honor Gold Star families who have lost a family member in combat.