Month: May

Peggy Dew

Peggy Lee Shipman Dew, 81, formerly of Burlington Jct., died Thursday, December 17, 2020, in Austin, TX. She was born in 1939 in Maverick County, TX, to Dorothy Estella and Jesse Ernest Shipman. She graduated from Eagle Pass High School. On August 10, 1957, she married Gerald “Buzz” Dew. There will be a visitation from

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Agnes Logan

Agnes C. Logan, 86, Parkville, died Monday, May 10, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was born October 25, 1934, near Cross Timbers, to Charles and Opal Burnfin. She graduated from La Tour High School in 1952 and from Central Missouri State College in 1955. On June 15, 1963, she married Francis E. Logan. Funeral

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Kathryn Dudley

Kathryn Marie Ramsey Dudley, 85, Maryville, died Thursday, May 20, 2021, at her home. She was born October 13, 1935, in North Kansas City, to James Emerson Ramsey and Edith Pauline Walker Ramsey. She grew up in Barnard, where she attended school. Mrs. Dudley’s body has been cremated under the care of Bram Funeral Home,

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Demand is light for youth to receive COVID vaccine

Nodaway County Health Department Administrator Tom Patterson said demand is light for 12-to-17-year-olds to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. He said there have been some inquiries but limited demand for the vaccine. At this time, only the Pfizer vaccine is approved for the age group. The health center is currently receiving Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines

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Memorial Day ceremony is at AL Hall; Posts hold cemetery functions

The annual Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 11 am, Monday, May 31 at the American Legion Post 100 Hall, 1104 East Fifth Street, Maryville. Members of Post 100 will conduct the ceremony starting with Commander David Dredge doing the welcome. The posting of the colors will be done by the honor guard under

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MHS named prestigious MEC Supremacy Champions

Throughout the 2020-21 school year, Maryville High Spoofhounds saw a way to be the best they could be. Because of that attitude and practice, the Spoofhounds were named the Midland Empire Conference Supremacy Champions. There are eight schools in the MEC: Benton, Cameron, Chillicothe, Lafayette, LeBlond, Maryville, Savannah and St. Pius with 19 different competitive

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May 20, 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. Burns 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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Geography with Goudge

“This week’s map is a proportional symbol map displaying current NCAA Div. I Collegiate Baseball Rankings.  Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas lead the way.  Fifteen of the twenty-five teams are located in the Deep South.  Southeastern dominance along with PAC-12 teams correlate with traditional baseball hotbeds.  This pattern is very similar to the

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Skidmore works with Nodaway-Holt school

  At the May 13 Skidmore City Council meeting, Nodaway-Holt Superintendent Jeff Blackford inquired as to Skidmore’s interest in having an electronic sign to inform the community about school events and activities. With the athletic cooperative between NH and West Nodaway, Blackford said more traffic would be traveling between the two schools on Highway 113.

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