The candidate filing closing date for the April 6 election where residents are selected to fill positions for their local town’s governing body, is Tuesday, January 19. Nodaway County towns’ positions and the number of openings are: • Burlington Jct, Clearmont, Conception Jct., Elmo, Graham, Maryville, Pickering and Skidmore, two council or board positions. •
The Missouri Western men’s basketball program has paused full team activities due to positive COVID-19 results among its Tier 1 personnel. Tier 1 personnel include student-athletes, coaches and any staff member whose job requires close regular contact. The Griffons’ next four games, including the contest with Northwest, have been postponed. Northwest and Missouri Western will
Due to weather conditions and for the safety of its students and employees, the Northwest Missouri State University campus in Maryville is closed today. All on-ground classes and activities on the campus have been canceled. Northwest students should check their University email accounts and Canvas for communication about coursework and other assignments. Bearcat Commons in
The West Nodaway Board of Education announced January 7, the hiring of Tim Harding as the 2021-22 middle and high school principal. Harding grew up on a farm near Ridgeway. He graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 2000 with a BS in animal science and returned to the family farm for a few years.
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
Mary Ruth Brown Appleby, 97, Chillicothe, formerly of Maryville, died Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at StoneBridge Senior Living in Chillicothe. She was born October 6, 1923, in Nodaway County to Nathan H. and Chloe C. Jeffers Brown. She was a graduate of Maryville High School and member of Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority. On March 24,
Marion “Jim” Thompson, 76, Republic, formerly of Maryville, died Saturday, January 9, 2021, at Spring Valley Nursing and Rehab in Springfield. He was born February 17, 1944, in Clarinda, IA, to Marion Jean and Edna Ruth Davison Thompson. On November 18, 1963, he married Marcia Porterfield. Memorials may be made to Good Shepherd Hospice at
Nodaway County Health Department Administrator, Tom Patterson, announces four individuals residing in Nodaway County, Missouri have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). 2120 confirmed cases; 324 probable cases 76 active cases 2347 released from isolation 156 total hospitalizations 5 current hospitalizations 21 deaths The affected individuals include: 1 female and 1 male between 10-19
College Football Playoff Champions, 1998-2019 “The 2020 major college football (FBS) season championship game between Alabama and Ohio State was played Monday, January 11th with Alabama winning 52-24. This week’s proportional symbol map displays the National Champions since the various poll ranking ‘mythical’ champions were replaced with a Bowl Championship Series from 1998-2013 and the
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. Burns made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Burns made a motion to approve prior commission minutes dated
