The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has been preparing for the influx of heavy traffic throughout the state as visitors come to view the eclipse. Traffic Operations Engineer for MoDOT’s Northwest District Jose Rodriguez, St. Joseph, stated his office was told by officials to expect anywhere from 50,000 to half a million visitors to the
A presentation describing the history, purpose and activities of the Civil Air Patrol will be presented from 6:30 to 8 pm, Tuesday, August 15 at the Northwest Missouri Regional Airport (KEVU), just west of Maryville on Highway 46. The EAA Hark Road Flyers are hosting. The presenter will be Col. David E. Plum, chief of
The Maryville Pride Lions will be serving hot dogs from 5 to 8 pm, Monday, August 14 at the Maryville Aquatic Center, 502 North Laura Street. All proceeds from the free-will donation supper will benefit the New Nodaway Humane Society. Participants need not be part of the Paws at the Pool event.
The West Nodaway Flag Football League invites area schools and teams to join in the league season which extends three to four weeks starting at 1 pm, Sunday, September 10. The program is for students in grades three through six and the basics of 8-man football are taught. All games are played on Sundays at
Lucille Agnes Henggeler, 94, Stanberry, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at a Maryville nursing home. Services will be at 10 am, Friday, August 11 at St. Columba Catholic Church, Conception Jct., with burial to follow in St. Columba Cemetery, Conception Jct. Memorials may be made to St. Peter’s Catholic Church, St. Columba Catholic Church and/or
Janice Yvonne Fleming, 81, Grant City, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at Worth County Convalescent Center, Grant City. Services will be at 11 am, Saturday, August 12 at Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home, Grant City, with burial at a later date at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Evergreen, CO. Arrangements are under the direction of Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home, Grant
Sr. Margaret Mary Bielinski, OSB, 94, Clyde, died Monday, August 7, 2017, at Our Lady of Rickenbach Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde. She was born Monica Bielinski on April 12, 1923, in Milwaukee, WI, to Alex and Veronica Chuchn Bielinski. She joined the Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration on January 14, 1944, and was given the
Nina Faye Harper Miller, 81, Maryville, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at Parkdale Manor Nursing Home, Maryville. Services are at 10 am, Monday, August 14 at the First Baptist Church, Maryville, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Clearmont. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be
Maryville Public Safety and NorthwestCell have partnered to bring Allyson Pereira, anti-bullying and sexting awareness advocate, to Maryville to speak to students and the community. Maryville Public Safety Detective Ryan Glidden stated that in the past few years, sexting and bullying have become a problem in all Nodaway County schools. Students have been sending inappropriate
When a galactic event that doesn’t occur often happens, many people have questions. According to NASA scientists, the following are some of the most commonly asked questions regarding a solar eclipse: What causes an eclipse? Eclipses occur due to the coincidence of the moon and the sun being the same angular size. The sun is
