By Dr. John Jasinski, Northwest Missouri State University president Northwest Missouri State University’s high performance since I became the institution’s president in 2009 has come via your contributions – and those of our partners. My 2009 inaugural remarks addressed the importance of public-private partnerships, and I did not imagine how critical this would become by
Taking advantage of COVID-19 funds for summer school, Jefferson C-123 is undertaking summer sessions from 8:30 to 11:30 am, June 6 to Thursday, June 30. During the first week, the students are studying conservation. June 13 to 16, the theme will be engineering. June 20 to 23, the theme is culinary and June 27 to
Maryville Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will meet at 3 pm, Sunday, June 19 at Ehlers Wesley Student Center, 549 West Fourth Street, Maryville. Everyone welcome.
The American Legion Post 464 will hold a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 am, Sunday, June 19 at the post in Conception Jct. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee. There is a $7 minimum donation per person. Children ages six and under are free. Proceeds will go to
By Kay Wilson Last January with snow and ice on the ground, the Schenkel farm, west of Maryville, welcomed a “How America Works with Mike Rowe” film crew to chronicle a corn farming operation. The show made it to the screen in early May with a repeat of the show streamed June 4. The show
The State Historical Society of Missouri has published a new digital interactive, Emancipation Day in the Missouri Ozarks, exploring the significance of June 19 and August 4 to African American freedom in Missouri and the United States. “The August 4 celebration of Emancipation Day in Missouri dates back to the Civil War era,” said Gary
On June 9, the Nodaway County Commissioners presented the Maryville Host Lions with a $10,000 ARPA grant. At the presentation were Nodaway County Clerk Melinda Patton, Nodaway County Collector Treasurer Marilyn Jenkins, Nodaway County Associate Commissioner Scott Walk, Host Lion President Rob Sparks, Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker, Associate Commissioner Chris Burns and Host Lions Treasurer
On June 15, City Manager Greg McDanel released information regarding the closure of South Avenue at South Main Street. South Avenue will be closed starting on July 5 at 7 am for a six week period. VF Anderson Builders will reconstruct portions of South Avenue that require full depth subgrade and pavement replacement. Traffic signs
The City of Skidmore has closed the brush pile effective immediately through the end of July to allow the area to be prepared for the tractor pull during the Punkin Show.
Marilyn Pope, 78, passed away on the morning of May 22, 2022, in Las Cruces, NM. Born on July 12, 1943, to William and Rebekah Botkin Ruddell in Maryville, Marilyn was active in the Burr Oak community as a 4-H sewer, flutist and farmer’s daughter. She graduated from Skidmore High School in 1961 and from
