Month: December

Cowboy Christmas comes to Clarinda

A Cowboy Christmas will be held at 6:30 pm, Wednesday, December 27 at Wibholm Hall on the fairgrounds in Clarinda, IA. Joining the Cowboy Church band will be Sarah Davison, Nashville, TN.

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Paws at The Pub event supports shelter

Paws at The Pub is a monthly social event to benefit the New Nodaway Humane Society. The event will be from 5 to 8 pm, Wednesday, December 27 at The Pub, 414 North Main Street, Maryville. This is a chance for pups and owners to meet in a friendly, relaxed setting while raising awareness and

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Library announces holiday hours

The Maryville Public Library, 509 North Main Street, Maryville, has announced its holiday hours. The library will have its normal hours of 9 am to 6 pm, Tuesday through Friday, and 9 am to 3 pm, Saturday. The library will be closed on Sunday, December 24 and Monday, December 25 for Christmas; and Sunday, December

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Maryville man faces felony rape, sodomy charges

A Maryville man faces felony rape and sodomy charges following an incident on November 19 in Maryville. Jesse D. McLin, 25, has been charged in the Nodaway County Circuit Court with Felony Rape or Attempted Rape – 1st Degree and two counts of Felony Sodomy or Attempted Sodomy – 1st Degree. According to court records,

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Local tax credits are available

As the end of 2017 approaches, those individuals and companies who are looking to make donations have two local projects from which state tax credits are available to help with their tax burden. Tax credits are available by making a minimum $1,000 donation to SSM Health Preschool and Childcare Center for a 50 percent Missouri

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Horace Mann collects pajamas

Horace Mann Laboratory School students took part in the Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive which ended December 7. Participating first and second grade students included Reagynn Hill, Will Michaelsen, Katelyn Parman, Breanna Parman, Chloe Blackford, Garrett Byers and Glennah Christian. The students collected 36 pairs of pajamas to be paired with a Scholastic book donation

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Health board meets to wrap up 2017, begin 2018

The Nodaway County Health Center Board of Directors met December 6 to begin work on the 2018 budget and other year-end projects. The board reviewed a working draft of the 2018 budget based on 2017 income and expenditures. Administrator Tom Patterson estimated 2018 income at $432,353, down from the $448,586.24 projected in 2017. The health

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Burlington Jct. hears maintenance report

The Burlington Jct. City Council heard the following maintenance, sewer and wastewater report from Alliance Local Manager Dennis Chitwood during its regular meeting December 11: There was a two-inch waterline break at MFA due to a truck running over the valve box. Johanson Construction repaired the damage. A new isolation valve, meter pit and two-inch

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Animal shelter benefits from NN fifth graders

The North Nodaway fifth grade class incorporated reading with giving to the New Nodaway Humane Society. Students read about challenges people face, what makes people do the right thing, charity and kindness. In conjunction with their reading, students organized a month-long collection of needed items for the animal shelter. NN fifth graders are Kody Bird,

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Christmas Calendar

December 15 “Books and Bears” are being collected until December 18 at Jefferson. New books and teddy bears/stuffed animals will be distributed to hospitalized children at SSM Health St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, and Northwest Medical Center, Albany. Monetary donations are also accepted. Christmas dinner, Nodaway County Senior Center, 1210 East First Street, Maryville, from 11:30

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