Month: November

Midland Empire Conference names all conference football honorees

Twenty-two positions on the all conference football roster for the Midland Empire Conference were filled by Maryville High School Spoofhounds. On offense, first team offensive linemen were Jackson Bram and Tallon Noland; second team offensive lineman, Jeff Stooksbury and honorable mention offensive lineman, Blake Casteel; first team running back, Aiden Cullin; second team running back,

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4 basketball tourneys hit the December calendar

During the week of December 2 – 7, there are four basketball tournaments for Nodaway County high school boys and girls teams. The 61st Mound City Invitational Basketball Tournament will begin with pool play on Monday, December 2 for both the boys and girls teams. On the girls bracket, at 7:30 pm, East Atchison, seeded

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Hospital auxiliary brings Christmas to life

Santa’s elves, otherwise known as the Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville Auxiliary, have been busy preparing lots of Christmas goodies for the Annual Holiday Bazaar. The elves are front: Dianne VanVactor, Corky Samson, Catherine Barmann; back: Kathy New, Cindy Carmichael and Jane Schieber, who has chaired the effort for nearly 40 years. The bazaar will

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4 football players make all district team

The 2019 District 3 All District Team for eight-man football has been announced. Senior Dalton Luke, Platte Valley, was named to the offense as a running back and Austin Welch, a Worth County junior, earned an offensive line spot. Two defensive backs, Patrick O’Connor, a Platte Valley senior, and Karson Oberhauser, a North-West Nodaway junior,

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Christmas cooking with love

Pat Spire makes the ultimate Christmas cookies By Michaela Bowyer Pat Spire, Maryville, is known for creating amazing Christmas cookies. She has been making these cookies for years; they are a tradition to her and her family. Every year, she makes these cookies for her children, her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and special friends of

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Highlights from Hegeman

Shop locally throughout the year By State Senator Dan Hegeman The start of the holiday season also signals the beginning of the holiday shopping season. We are constantly bombarded with advertisements, this sale and that sale, and the convenience of shopping online. But there is something much more convenient than the internet, and it is

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School hosts Thanksgiving lunch

Northeast Nodaway hosted a Thanksgiving lunch November 21 in the gymnasium. There were about 30 community members in attendance. The student council served the meal. For entertainment, preschool class members sang a couple of songs under the direction of Amanda Sutton, PK-12 music teacher.

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Mya Wheeler

Cheyann Marrison and Jacob Wheeler, Fairfax, announce the birth of a daughter, Mya Kay Wheeler, born Saturday, November 16 at the Community Hospital – Fairfax. She weighed six pounds, 14 ounces and joins siblings, Damon Lambert, four, and Christopher Wheeler, six. Maternal grandparents are Bryan and Christina Marrison, Skidmore. The paternal grandparent is Mark Wheeler,

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Jimmey Meek

Jimmey T. Meek, 57, died Friday, November 22, 2019, at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph. He was born October 23, 1962, in Shenandoah, IA, to James Donald Meek and Joyce Meyer Meek. Mr. Meek’s body has been cremated under the care of Price Funeral Home. A memorial lunch will be held at noon to 3

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Carmelita Wiederholt

Carmelita Mary Wiederholt, 78, Ravenwood, died Friday, November 22, 2019, at her home. She was born April 25, 1941, in Maryville, to Lester C. and Mary M. Bailey Kelmel. She was a 1959 graduate of Horace Mann High School and attended Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. On January 4, 1964, she married Marvin A. Wiederholt

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