Month: January

Geography with Goudge

“It’s that time of year for college football’s post-season individual honors. Associated Press (AP) has been selecting All-American teams since 1925.  The ‘cream of the crop’ of the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams as selected by AP.  This map displays the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Team All-Americans by their hometown state over the last three years.

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Missouri Cattlemen awards county group

The activity that the NCCA sponsored included giving each FFA Chapter in Nodaway County $250 to construct a project that would be auctioned off at the annual Roundup Dinner. The money raised was then awarded as scholarships to students in all Nodaway County schools. No other chapter of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association does an activity

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January 14-15, 2021

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Walker, Chris Burns, Scott Walk, associate commissioners, and Melinda Patton, county clerk. Walk 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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COVID-19 testing events set for Maryville

The State of Missouri is partnering with the Missouri Primary Care Association and MAKO Medical to continue hosting free COVID-19 testing events throughout the state. The next Maryville test will be from 12 noon to 4 pm, Thursday, January 21 at the National Guard Armory, 1407 N Country Club Rd. Anyone interested can receive a

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County distributes CARES Act monies

Nodaway County Collector Treasurer Marilyn Jenkins reported $2,399,046.15 was distributed to Nodaway County businesses, Northwest Missouri State, towns, fire departments, schools, civic organizations and churches. Jenkins also told there are still masks, hand sanitizer and other cleaning products available for entities which need them. On December 27, Missouri Governor Mike Parson extended the deadline to

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Mobile food pantry to visit Maryville

The fresh food mobile pantry sponsored by the Second Harvest Community Food Bank is open to the general public from 10 am to noon or while supplies last, Tuesday, January 19 at the First United Methodist Church, 102 North Main Street, Maryville. There is a pick up limit of five families per vehicle. Driver examination

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Thursday-Saturday, January 14-16 COVID-19 report: 20 new cases

January 14th, 2021 Nodaway County Health Department Administrator, Tom Patterson, announces 11 individuals residing in Nodaway County, Missouri have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) The affected individuals include:  1 female between 10-19 years of age  4 females and 1 male between 20-29 years of age  2 males between 30-39 years

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Mosaic president debunks myths

By Nate Blackford, Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville president From the very start of the global pandemic, news and information about COVID has been everywhere. Despite the best attempts of legitimate sources, unsubstantiated rumors and misinformation have also made their way around social media and “news” outlets. With the help of this newspaper and other

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Maryville council has gallery of citizens offering suggestions

There were three discussion items on the brief agenda for the January 11 Maryville City Council meeting, however, the citizens’ gallery had several speakers interacting with the elected officials. Half a dozen citizens interjected ideas, comments and questions throughout the meeting, which were at times pointed directly to council members and city leadership. The first

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Maryville youth raises money for Camp Kesem to aid others

By Kay Wilson Kennedy Walker wanted to help other children who have a parent that is battling cancer, just like she was. The University of Missouri freshman from Maryville heard about Camp Kesem, which is specifically for children to have a place that is free from dealing with the complications of life when a parent

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