Month: September

Pickering sets tax levy rate

The Pickering City Council met on August 29 in a combination tax levy hearing and September meeting because the normal council meeting would have fallen on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. The tax levy rate was set at $1 per $100 of assessed valuation for the street fund and 85.4¢ per $100 for the general

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Prep Scoreboard

Softball North Nodaway 5 Stewartsville 1 first place game August 26 at NEN Tourney Mustang stats: Keagan O’Riley hit a double, had two RBIs and a run and pitched six strikeouts; Shai Dailey and MaKayla Cross each hit a double and had a run; Ashley Thompson had a hit, an RBI and a run; Audrey

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BOE Nodaway-Holt

The Nodaway-Holt R-VII Board of Education set the tax levy for the upcoming year during its regular meeting August 21. The school board approved the total levy of $4.2898 per $100 of assessed valuation for the upcoming fiscal year. The levy breaks down into an incidental/teacher fund of $4.4908, which is .0383 higher than last

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Solid batting helps DeKalb past North Nodaway

By Dustin Henggeler A late bloom for the North Nodaway Mustangs softball team was not enough to overturn the steady bats brought on by the DeKalb Tigers August 29. The Mustangs suffered a 7-5 in Hopkins loss at the hands of the Tigers. Unable to adjust to the slow pitching brought on by DeKalb’s Averyl

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Trojan volleyball players attack during tourney pool play

The Nodaway-Holt volleyball team lost to East Atchison 16-25 and 27-29, St. Joe Christian 13-25 and 20-25 and Rock Port 16-25 and 21-25 in pool play at the East Atchison Tourney August 24. Trojan Kailey Miller, junior, blocks an attempted kill.   Photo submitted by Cindy Lemar For more photos and information, see the printed

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Legislators express thoughts on senior meals

By Kathryn Rice “From my perspective, I am open to looking at any viable opportunities that will help take care of our senior citizens,” State Representative Allen Andrews said about changes facing the Nodaway County Senior Center. The Northwest Area Agency on Aging (AAA) in Albany will no longer allocate monies to the senior center for

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East Atchison proves too much for North-West Nodaway

The East Atchison Wolves turned a dominating first half into an early-ending game August 25 at Tarkio, defeating the North-West Nodaway Muskets 66-20 early in the fourth quarter. Brody Beason beats two defenders after making the catch to score North-West Nodaway’s opening touchdown against East Atchison August 25 at Tarkio. The Wolves would go on

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Skidmore approves budget, tax levy

The Skidmore City Council approved the city budget, held the tax levy hearing and approved the tax rate for 2017 at its August 23 meeting. The tax rates are $1 per $100 assessed valuation for the general fund and $1 per $100 assessed valuation for the road and street fund. Estimated revenue from each is

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