Brandon Dougherty and Harley Newton, Clearmont, announce the birth of a daughter, Emma Lynn, born on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at SSM Health St. Francis Hospital, Maryville. She weighed seven pounds and two ounces and joins brother Braxton Dougherty. Maternal grandparents are Myron and Sheryl Newton, Skidmore. Paternal grandparents are Kevin Dougherty, Hopkins, and Kelly
Wear Blue meetups are informal gatherings where runners gather to honor the service and sacrifice of the American military. Runners join in a circle of remembrance, call out the names for whom they run and push onward to honor and remember. Meetups will be held at 8 am on the last Saturday of every month
The West Nodaway FFA will hold its annual breakfast from 8 am to noon, Sunday, January 29 at the Burlington Jct. American Legion building. The menu is pancakes, biscuits and gravy, potatoes, bacon and scrambled eggs. Free-will donations are accepted.
The Northeast Nodaway Cheerleaders are holding a fundraiser from 5 to 8 pm, Monday, January 30 at Pizza Ranch, Maryville. The cheerleaders have been selected to perform during the state basketball games in Columbia on March 10. Part of all dine-in buffet sales and all tips will go toward the trip.
Hopkins Community Betterment will hold it’s monthly meet at 6 pm, Wednesday, February 1, at the Christian Church meeting room, Hopkins. All interested individuals are invited to attend.
The Nodaway County Republican Women will hold a meeting at 11:30 am, Thursday, February 2 at Pizza Ranch, Maryville.
The Maryville Public Library, 509 North Main Street, Maryville, will hold the following activities: • Book Nibblers, 9:45 to 10:15 am, Thursday, February 2. For infants to age three, must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. • Book Nibblers Story Hour, “Be Mine,” for infants to age six, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Thursday, February
Orel Loland “Ed” Owens, Jr., 82, St. Joseph, died Saturday, January 21, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be at 11 am, Saturday, January 28 at St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church, Maryville. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 am preceding the service. Burial will take place at a later date at
Dorothy Jewell Linville, 87, Burlington Jct., died Friday, January 20, 2017, at Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville. Funeral services were Tuesday, January 24 at Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville, with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore. Memorials may be made to SSM Hospice, the Nodaway Nursing Home or the Burlington Jct. Rescue Unit. Online condolences may be left
During their regular meeting January 23, Maryville City Council members approved a ballot question placing a tax renewal before voters on the April 4 ballot. The question will ask voters to continue the current one-half of one percent capital improvement sales tax for an additional 20 years with a sunset on September 30, 2038. The
