Mylee Backman and Delilah James were the banner bearers and officially started the 48th Annual 4th of July Parade on Lisa Lane in Maryville. A bright sunshiny day saw everyone dressed in their patriotic best come out to walk, bike or ride through the two to three block parade, while others lined the street.
The 2025 Miss Missouri Courtney Rowe will be hosting a “Meet & Greet” from 1:30 to 3:30 pm, Saturday, July 12 at The Palms, 422 Buchanan Street, Maryville Rowe was crowned Miss Missouri in early June and will compete at the Miss America Pageant in September in Orlando, FL. As the new Miss Missouri, Rowe
The monthly Elmo Fish and Chicken Fry will be from 5 to 7 pm, Saturday, July 12 at the new Elmo Community Building. There will be fried pollack, fried chicken, potato wedges, mac and cheese and salads. Cost for ages 12 and up is $13 and children age 11 and under are $6. Soft serve
The Nodaway County Historical Society Museum will have two activities from 2 to 4 pm, Saturday, July 12. They are the Ice Cream Social at the main museum, 110 North Walnut for $5; and Caleb Burns Open House is free.
By Kathryn Rice Pam and Ronald Spire, Parnell, will be the 2025 grand marshals for the Parnell Duck Days “Sundae Funday” parade which begins at 11:30 am, Sunday, July 13. “We’re honored,” Pam Spire said about being named grand marshals. “It will be fun.” The couple has been married for 31 years. They have two
The Neon Nights Teen Social will be from 9 to 11:30 pm, Friday, July 11 at the Nodaway Valley Bank parking lot on the corner of Fourth and Buchanan Streets. There will be a DJ, games, free pizza and snacks, raffles and giveaways. It is sponsored by Northwest Communities Care Coalition.
A record number 113 Missouri 4-H clubs and FFA chapters received $500 Shaping Rural Missouri Grants from FCS Financial for community improvement projects this summer. Projects include landscaping fairgrounds, painting bleachers, building picnic tables and improving community parks. In Nodaway County, the 102 River Hounds 4-H Club, for landscape work around the County Community Building
Evelyn A. Scadden-Berg, 91, Maryville, died Sunday, July 6, 2025, at the Maryville Living Center. She was born on November 11, 1933 to Wesley Cleaver Spoonemore and Jessie Jane Messner Spoonemore McFarland. She attended school in Parnell. On July 3, 1949, she married Clinton “Jack” Scadden in Ravenwood. He preceded her in death on April
Billye McCrary, RN, BSN, 75, died Monday, July 7, 2025 at the Village Care Center, Maryville. Billye Sue Belcher was born June 29, 1950 to W. Ervin Jr. and Dorothy May Belcher in Maryville. She attended Maryville R-II Schools, and graduated with the class of 1968. She attended nursing school at St. Anthony Hospital in
Marylyn J. LaMar Robertson, 91, died Thursday, June 12, 2025, and her husband, Franklin G. Robertson, 91, died Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Kansas City. Marylyn was born May 3, 1934 to Stephen George and Iola Matilda Dowden LaMar in Maryville. She graduated from Maryville High School and Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, where she
