Month: January

Post 464 to host pancake breakfast

Post 464 to host pancake breakfast American Legion Post 464 will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11:30 am, Sunday, January 15 at the legion post, Conception Jct. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee will be served. Cost is $7 minimum donation per person, children six and under are free. Proceeds

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Skidmore CB cancels chicken dinner

Skidmore CB cancels chicken dinner Due to the projected inclement weather, Skidmore Community Betterment has cancelled the chicken dinner fundraiser originally scheduled for Sunday, January 15.

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Fish, chicken fry to be held in Elmo

Fish, chicken fry to be held in Elmo The Elmo fish fry is from 5 to 7 pm, Saturday, January 14 at the Elmo Community Building. In addition to fish, there will be fried chicken, jacket fries, lettuce salad, cole slaw and baked beans. Cost is $9. Proceeds benefit the Elmo 4th of July celebration

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BJ AL holds chili supper

BJ AL holds chili supper The Burlington Jct. American Legion Post will hold a ham and bean and chili supper from 5 to 7 pm, Friday, January 13 at the American Legion Building in Burlington Jct. Cornbread and dessert will also be served. Cost is $7 for adults, children 10 and under are free.

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Maryville City Council discusses additional taxes

Discussion was held during the Maryville City Council meeting January 9 about posing a question on the April ballot to renew the half-cent sales tax that currently funds capital improvements. The current tax’s sunset is in April 2018. City Manager Greg McDanel suggested the council compose the tax question with no sunset, meaning the tax

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Memory Café offers social outing

Memory Cafe, a social outing for people with memory loss and their caregivers, will be from 10 to 11 am, Thursday, January 12, in the Gathering Space at the First United Methodist Church, 102 North Main Street, Maryville. The Memory Cafe is recommended for individuals with early to moderate memory loss as well as others

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County’s school classrooms to get trauma kits

Every classroom in the county will soon receive a specialized trauma kit to prepare it for emergencies. Maryville Public Safety Detective Sergeant Ryan Glidden was awarded $27,848 to purchase 400 trauma kits to be placed in every classroom and administrative office in all six Nodaway County school districts and in each Maryville school. He partnered

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Public Voice: Maryville citizen questions Mozingo spending

Dear Editor, I was so glad the Nodaway County Commission stuck to its guns and refused to give the city manager the gravel tax money. The truth is that Mozingo is Maryville’s money pit. Mozingo is like a fat little pig with its foot extended saying, “give me – give me – give me.” Surely

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MHS cheerleaders experience successful fall season

MHS cheerleaders experience successful fall season The Maryville High School cheerleaders followed up a July first-place regionals finish with a successful fall season. The  Spoofhound cheer team placed 9th at state in the Small Varsity 2A Division on November 6 at the Hearnes Center, Columbia. The cheerleaders were led by senior captains Mackenzie Wilmes and

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