Month: March

Northwest falls in first round of NCAA Central Region tournament, 60-50

The Northwest Missouri State University mens basketball team fell to Minnesota State 60-50 in the first round of the NCAA Central Region Tournament held in Maryville on March 12. Northwest finished the season with a 27-4 record. Chris-Ebou Ndow shoots from the outside. He scored the most points with 21 and had 13 rebounds. For

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Geography with Goudge

March Madness is upon us. This proportional-symbol map displays the NCAA Division I basketball teams that have amassed the highest finishes over the past five years. The largest symbols include Villanova, Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona, Virginia, Duke and North Carolina. These programs tend to lie within the basketball heartland or core area. Successful teams over this

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Lady Spoofhounds hit the field

The Maryville soccer team brushed up on its skills during the first practice on the soccer field March 8. Tori Allen stays in control of the ball as she runs drills. For more photos and information, see the printed Nodaway News Leader.

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Nodaway County Rugby trains hard

Members of the Nodaway County rugby team train hard during practice on March 8. Aiden Cullin and Keiren Watkins reach for a tackle during practice. For more photos and information, see the printed Nodaway News Leader.

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NW’s visiting artist series brings performances, master classes

Northwest Missouri State University will host three artists working in the mediums of theatre, music and art during a unique series of master classes, presentations and performances in the coming weeks. The series “Transformations: A Life in the Arts” will feature guests artists Jo Byrnes, Cassia Kite and Kevin Bobo, all of whom have ties

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Richard Doty

Richard P. Doty, 82, Kansas City, died Tuesday, March 8, 2018, at a hospice facility in Kansas City. He was born May 18, 1935, in Hutchinson, KS, to Isaac P. and Grace Louise Wilson Doty. He resided in Kansas until age 17 then moved to California where he lived and raised his family. Mr. Doty was

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Bronx Barrett

Dallas and Lacey Barrett, Burlington Jct., announce the birth of a son, Bronx Kenneth, born on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Community Hospital-Fairfax. He weighed 10 pounds and 12 ounces and joins siblings, Kainon, four, and Drycen, three. Maternal grandparents are Daniel and Cheryl Chitwood. Paternal grandparents are Nancy Barrett and the late Richard Barrett.

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Declan O’Riley

Michael and Tarran O’Riley, Union, announce the birth of a son, Declan Gabriel O’Riley, born Thursday, March 8, 2018. He weighed four pounds and one ounce. Maternal grandparents are Dennis and Tammy Hamilton, Hopkins. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Susan Randle, Maryville, and Don O’Riley, Hopkins. Maternal great-grandparents are Sue Davis, Hopkins, and the late

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Maryville council hears audit report

The Maryville City Council listened to the 2017 financial audit report from Mike Williams, Hochschild, Bloom & Company, LLP, Washington, at the March 12 meeting. Williams noted the firm arrived at a “clean opinion” for the financial condition of the city. He shared that there were only four aspects of the city’s procedures that came

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St. Joseph’s Catholic Church is serving fish

The St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Fish Fry will be from 5 to 8 pm, Friday, March 23 in the church handicap accessible basement at 415 South Main Street, Parnell. The menu is fish, baked potato, baked beans, cole slaw and numerous desserts.

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