Month: May

Annual torch run raises funds, awareness for Special Olympics

The annual Missouri Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics was held May 25 on Main Street, Maryville, and a walk at Mozingo Lake Recreation and Park. Gathered at the Nodaway County Courthouse, the runners and well-wishers prepared to start the run. Holding the banner are Jeff Ellis and Maryville Mayor Ben Lipiec. The torchbearer

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NN kindergartners start butterfly garden

  This spring, the North Nodaway kindergarten class undertook the task of constructing and planting a butterfly garden at the North Nodaway Elementary School in Pickering. Kindergarten teacher Angie Davison used Project Based Learning to create the activity for her students and planted a butterfly garden. “We had been studying the needs of animals and

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St. Joseph entities host business succession workshops

Missouri Western State University Center for Entrepreneurship and the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce are partnering on a program to promote and encourage the transition of successful businesses to new ownership. The goal of “Business SUCCESSion” is to reach business owners who want to transition out of their business now or in the near future

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Summer libraries are opening in area schools

Area schools have closed but summer library opportunities are opening up for area students. Northeast Nodaway’s “Reading Island” summer library will be open from 10 to 11:30 am, Tuesdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and July 13. Students must have an adult present. Come and go activities include children’s story time, checkout books, scholastic

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Billy Lee Campbell

Billy Lee Campbell was born to Roy and Macel Campbell on August 24, 1932, in Stanberry, and departed this life on May 19, 2021 at his home near Louisburg. At the time of his passing he was 88 years, eight months, and 24 days of age. Billy graduated from Stanberry High School. He worked for

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Carolyn Meyer

Carolyn Maxine Jensen Meyer, 71, Maryville, died Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. She was born May 4, 1950, in Maryville, to Marvin and Gertrude Schwebach Jensen. She was a 1968 graduate of Stanberry High School. On May 8, 1970, she married Greg L. Meyer in Stanberry. A memorial Mass

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Loretta Kissinger

Loretta Kissinger, 87, Maryville, died Friday, May 21, 2021, at the Claridge Court in Prairie Village, KS. She was born August 9, 1933, in Parnell, to John and Carolena Brunstermann Roach. She was a 1951 graduate of Maryville High School and a 1962 graduate of Northwest Missouri State University. On August 4, 1962, she married

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Mark Schieber

Mark Schieber, 63, Shawnee, KS, died Monday, May 24, 2021. He retired from Waddell and Reed after 30 years and then worked part-time at Bishop Ward High School. There will be a memorial rosary/visitation 5-8 pm, Monday, May 31 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Kansas City, KS, where the Mass will be held at 11

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Susan Stiens

Susan Jane Meyer Stiens, 64, Skidmore, died Friday, May 21, 2021, at the Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax. She was born February 8, 1957, to William Henry and Evelyn Elizabeth Kohmetscher Meyer, in Maryville. She graduated from Jefferson C-123 High School, Conception Jct. On January 30, 1976, she married Stephen Robert Stiens at St. Columba Catholic Church,

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