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NCED hosts Market Street Pop-up Shops

The Market Street Pop-up Shop will host the following vendors starting at 11 am, until each is sold out at 408 North Market Street, Maryville. Sweet Country Creations with coco bombs, will be Monday, October 25, Angie Cakes Wednesday, October 27, Good News Bakery, Fridays, October 22 and October 29, and Insignia Love, Friday, October

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Elmo UMC celebrates 72nd Lord’s Acre

The Elmo United Methodist Church is holding the 72nd Lord’s Acre starting with dinner at 11:30 am, Saturday, October 23. The menu is ham balls, brisket, mashed potatoes, noodles, turnips, corn, green beans, salads and pie. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages five to 12. Outdoor seating will be available if

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Elmo UMC celebrates 72nd Lord’s Acre

The Elmo United Methodist Church is holding the 72nd Lord’s Acre starting with dinner at 11:30 am, Saturday, October 23. The menu is ham balls, brisket, mashed potatoes, noodles, turnips, corn, green beans, salads and pie. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages five to 12. Outdoor seating will be available if

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NCED hosts Market Street Pop-up Shops

The Market Street Pop-up Shop will host the following vendors starting at 11 am, until each is sold out at 408 North Market Street, Maryville. Angie Cakes, Wednesday, October 20, and the Good News Bakery on Thursday, October 21 and Friday, October 22. The pop-up shops are sponsored by Nodaway County Economic Development.

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Craft Carnival is coming to Clarinda

The 62nd annual Clarinda Craft Carnival will be from 8 am to 4 pm, Saturday, October 16. Billed as Iowa’s largest handmade craft show with more than 400 booths. There is a $5 entry fee with children 10 and under free. Free shuttles and parking are available at the Page County Fairgrounds, Clarinda Academy, Clarinda

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South Avenue and Munn Avenue Intersection

Due to anticipated increased traffic volumes along Munn Avenue associated with the South Main Corridor Improvement Project, Phase I, the intersection of South Avenue and Munn Avenue will be temporarily converted to a four-way stop. Staff will install stop signs, flashing lights, and early warning signage at 4 p.m. on Friday, October 15, 2021. All

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North Star Advocacy takes a ‘Walk in the Park’

A Walk in the Park will be held for the North Star Advocacy Center to bring awareness for domestic violence. It will be from 4:30 to 7 pm, Thursday, October 14 on the north side of the Albany square. There will be vendors, giveaways and a raffle with a drawing at 6:30 pm. North Star

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Maryville Christian Church plans bazaar

The ladies of the First Christian Church, 201 West Third, Maryville, are hosting an old fashioned bazaar beginning at 7 am, Thursday, October 14. They are offering coffee and baked goods during the morning, a beef and noodle meal from 5 to 7 pm for dinner as well as a bazaar throughout the day. The

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Fiction writer, poet to appear for Visiting Writers Series October 14

Northwest Missouri State University’s Visiting Writers Series hosts Robert Long Foreman and Stefanie Wortman at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Raymond J. Courter College Park Pavilion. The event is free and open to the public. Long Foreman is the recipient of a Pushcart prize for fiction and has published stories and essays in

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New monument honors Irish pioneers in the Tri-C area

Nodaway County’s early pioneers were the settlers of The Reading Colony at Conception in 1858. The Reading Colony, originating in Pennsylvania, came to Conception via St. Joseph. Many of those people were of Irish descent with surnames of Brady, McCarthy, Growney, Sullivan, Fagan and Reilly. Reverend James Power and William Brady laid out the town

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