Month: November

FUMC prepares 500 Thanksgiving meals

Volunteers at First United Methodist Church, Maryville, worked several days to prepare for a special Thanksgiving ChOW community meal on November 17. The church averages 280 delivery and drive-thru meals each week but were preparing 500 for the special holiday menu. Assisting with the pans of dressing were Chuck McIntosh, Christie Ross, Nathan Barnes, LeDonna

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Lower taxes across the county seen

Nodaway County property owners, for the most part, will have a lower tax levy payment than last year. The highest rate is in Grant Township at $9.80 per $100 assessed valuation, which is a 25¢ increase from last year. The taxing entities and rates for taxpayers in the town of Barnard are: state, 3¢; Senate

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AL serves breakfast in Maitland

The Maitland, Graham, Skidmore American Legion Post 256 will serve breakfast from 8 am to 12:30 pm, Sunday, November 21 at the Maitland post. The freewill donation meal is biscuits and sausage gravy, pancakes, eggs, big delicious homemade cinnamon rolls, coffee and orange juice. Proceeds will be used for building maintenance.

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Local man’s film comes to big screen

In January 2018, the NNL printed an article about Maryville native Clayton Scott who had written a movie script and had been filming the movie throughout various areas of Nodaway County. His film “Below the Fold” will be shown at 7 pm on Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20 at The Hangar. There will

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Governor Parson tours Northwest’s ALC

Missouri Governor Mike Parson, along with his wife, traveled to Maryville November 13 to tour the new Northwest Missouri State University Agriculture Learning Center (ALC) and take in a Bearcat football game where he did the coin flip. As he came into the ALC, he commented: “the first thing I noticed was the fine calves

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Is this real life? AKMA debuts two exhibitions that question reality

The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art opens two new exhibitions that aim to challenge viewers’ perception of reality. Refracted Reality: The Work of Jim Cantrell and the 10th Annual Missouri Valley Impressionist Society (MVIS) Juried Exhibition will be on view Saturday, November 20 until Sunday, January 9, 2022. An opening reception will take place from 4

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Northwest football notches 17th straight NCAA Division II playoff bid

For the 17th straight season, the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcat football program has secured an NCAA Division II playoff bid. Northwest ranks No. 1 all-time in Division II playoff appearances with 25. Northwest, 9-1 overall, was pegged as the No. 3 seed in Super Region Three and earned a home playoff game. Northwest will

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Geography with Goudge

“The major college football (FBS) season is winding down and the FBS Playoff picture is coming into focus.  This week’s proportional symbol map displays the AP top-ranked team (Georgia) with the largest football and #25 North Carolina State with the smallest football.  The pattern displays many of the same teams that ended up on top

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November 16, 2021

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Walker and Scott Walk, associate commissioner, Melinda Patton, county clerk. Walk made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Walk made a motion to approve prior commission minutes dated 11/9/2021. The

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Richard Carter

James Richard Carter passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at the age of 96. He was born on August 7, 1925, to James Arthur and Ethel Morse Carter at Graham. He graduated from Graham High School. On December 6, 1945, he married Mildred Pauline Allen. Richard was trained by the United States Coast Guard

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