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- ‘Microclinic’ site approved by council

- Exercise class for older adults planned

- Pet vaccination clinic is Saturday

- Red Tornadoes in ‘must-win’ district game

Noodle time

Clinton Junior Service League’s annual spaghetti feed fundraiser is set for this Friday at the Frisco Center, offering lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Preparing for the event are members, from left, Stacie Nickel, Tayler Hartman, Madison Heard, Brittany Miller, Erin Giles, and Chelle Gutermuth.

At the Clinton City Council meeting Tuesday evening the council looked over a request from Judy Stehr and Health Box to set up a health facility in the vacant lot on the northwest corner of S. 4th Street/ U.S. Highway 183. The property is owned by Stehr who plans to allow the healthcare organization Health Box to place a “microclinic” on the land to service the people of Clinton.

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