By Kathryn Rice Pat Spire received the 2017 Nodaway News Leader Leader Legacy Award at a recent Maryville Optimist Club meeting. “I was shocked,” Spire said, who has been active in 4-H for more than 40 years. “I had no idea. I was surprised and humbled to get it.” The Nodaway News Leader has honored
By Kathryn Rice Local rescue squads play an important part as first responders in Nodaway County. There are six of these squads. The third article in this series is about the Hopkins and Pickering Rescue Squad. • Responsibilities: The Hopkins and Pickering Rescue Squad does first response in medical calls, provides extrication and helps in
By Kathryn Rice The Ministry Center, 971 South Main Street, Maryville, offers two services to the citizens of Nodaway County. The more well-known of the two is the food pantry, which provides food to economically disadvantaged Nodaway County citizens. The other is the clothing room, which is open to everyone in the Northwest Missouri area,
By Kathryn Rice Local rescue squads play an important part as first responders in Nodaway County. There are six of these squads. The second article in this series is about the Maryville Rescue Squad. The squad is composed of 30 members of the Maryville Volunteer Fire Department and the Polk Township Rural Fire Protection District.
Editor’s note: This article and photos were published in the February 22, 2018, edition of the Bethany Republican Clipper. Because of his law enforcement presence with his service to Nodaway County on the Missouri Highway Patrol, we requested and were granted permission to share this with the Nodaway News Leader’s readers. By Phil Conger, Bethany
The Children’s Business Fair, hosted by the Maryville Public Library, will be from 10 am to 1:30 pm, Saturday, March 10 and is free to the public. There are 28 youth who have created 16 businesses. Children ages eight to 18 were eligible to participate. They will be selling their products during the fair and
Jefferson High School FBLA is sponsoring a First Impact program at 6 pm, Monday, March 12 for middle school and high school students and community members. The First Impact program is offered in cooperation with the highway patrol and the Northwest Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety, and is free to the public. Throughout the video
The City of Maryville and the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the statewide tornado drill at 10 am, Tuesday, March 6. At this time, the outdoor warning sirens will sound. The regular weekly test on Wednesday will not occur. In the case of actual inclement weather on March 6, the drill will
The Ministry Center has issued the second annual Corporate Food Fight Challenge to local businesses. The challenge is ongoing until Thursday, March 15 and is still open for businesses to sign up. Each company conducts a food drive within its organization. To level the playing field, points will be figured on a per-capita basis, so
Editor’s note: Local rescue squads play an important part as first responders in Nodaway County. There are six of these squads. The first article in this series is about the Nodaway County Ambulance District (NCAD) mass casualty response squad (MCRS). By Kathryn Rice MCRS covers Nodaway County and is deployable statewide as required. • Responsibilities:
