Schools

NEN is a Heart Safe School

Northeast Nodaway has been working with Children’s Mercy Hospital: Project Adam to become a Heart Safe School. Nurse Terry Runde recently organized the first Project Adam CERT (Cardiac Emergency Response Team). There were local EMS personnel and they reviewed the 911 call protocol questions that are asked in a real situation. The team will have

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Judge Rice spends day with school children

Fourth District Associate Circuit Court Judge Robert Rice explained how the court system operates to two groups of school students, September 27. First up was Eugene Field Elementary third graders who had read the book, “The Trial of Cardigan Jones” by Tim Egan. Vocabulary words were matched to real objects as Rice went through the

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Jefferson to dedicate Wall of Honor

The dedication of the Jefferson C-123 Educational Foundation Wall of Honor will be held from 11 am to 1 pm, Sunday, October 8 with a presentation at noon. The Jefferson C-123 School and the Tri-C communities are rich in history and the mural “Paving the Road to Success,” located in the school’s entrance, provides an

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Maryville wraps up homecoming week

Maryville R-II School District held their homecoming week from September 18-22, holding the first annual homecoming parade on and capping it off with the football game against Cameron.

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Nodaway-Holt calling for instruments

The Nodaway Holt Band needs instruments. Band instructor Becky Reinig recently posted on social media the band is in need for used horns. “The horns can be on loan to the school, or a donation to the music department,” said Reinig. Those who would like to loan or donate a horn can email Reinig at

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Stem activities round out HM summer school

The last two weeks of the Horace Mann Laboratory School summer school saw the prekindergarten through sixth grade students learning about velocity and lift. The week of June 26, the students created launchers and experimented to test the designs and make them even better. On the last day of school June 29, the students gathered

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