Month: June

Tractor Cruise to raise funds for children’s charities

The 15th annual Heart of America Tractor Cruise sponsored by the Heart of America Tractor Club will be underway Saturday, June 27 with some adjustments to the schedule. The 54-mile cruise will begin and end at the community building at Northwest Missouri Regional Airport, 25775 Hawk Road, Maryville. Participants may leave their tractors Friday night

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70th annual Fourth of July celebration is in Elmo

Elmo’s 70th annual Fourth of July Celebration is happening on Saturday, June 27. It is sponsored by Elmo Betterment Club and features: • 5K run/walk start at 7 am, registration at 6:45 am. • Freewill donation pancake breakfast at Elmo Park Shelter, 7 to 9 am. • Concession stand opens, 10 am. • Princess Tea

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June 18, 2020

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Bob Stiens, Chris Burns, associate commissioners, Walker and Melinda Patton, county clerk. Stiens made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Burns made a motion to approve prior commission minutes dated

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Nodaway County students participate in Boys State

The 81st annual Missouri Boys State has been reorganized and rescheduled for November. The hybrid format will kick off with a series of virtual sessions on Saturday, November 14. Then on Thursday, November 19 the Boys State citizens will meet in Warrensburg for a live session which will continue until Sunday, November 22. The students

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COVID-19 reaches 20 cases in Nodaway County

Nodaway County Health Department Administrator, Tom Patterson, announces a twentieth Nodaway County, Missouri resident has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Sixteen of the twenty cases are no longer in isolation. The affected individual is a male between 20-29 years of age, and a resident of Nodaway County. The individual is isolated in a

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MHS football team undertakes courthouse lawn cleanup

The Maryville High School Spoofhound Football team worked June 13 to weed and mulch the Nodaway County Courthouse lawn. COVID-19 restrictions prevented the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcat football players from doing their annual task in April. The athletes are, front: Caden Stoecklein, Brady Farnan, Caleb Kreizinger, Connor Weiss; second row: Joey Patterson, Don Allen,

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Shirley Zech

Shirley Jean Zech, 85, Maryville, died Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at her home. She was born October 3, 1934, in Maryville, to Dr. Kirtley J. and Vivian Buhler Sears. She grew up in Maryville and graduated from Maryville High School in 1952. She attended Northwest Missouri State Teacher College, Maryville. On October 3, 1953, she

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Shirley Sherry

Shirley Maxine Froyd Sherry, 85, Maryville, died Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at the Village Care Center, Maryville. Services are pending at the Bram Funeral Home, Maryville.

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Mildred Dozier

Mildred Irene Dozier, 85, Hutchinson, KS, died Monday, June 8, 2020, at Reflection Living, Hutchinson. She was born September 2, 1934, near Skidmore, to Burman and Delma Albright Wright. On March 3, 1951, she married Roy Dale Dozier. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 13 at South Hutchinson United Methodist Church, with pastor Claire Gager

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Hartford Samson

Hartford Samson, 96, Maryville, died Monday, June 15, 2020. There will be no services held. Cremation services under the direction of Missouri Cremation Services.

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