Month: March

William Welch

William Vernon Welch, 94, Maryville, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at the Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville. Bill was born on August 30, 1927, in Parnell, the fourth of nine children to Frank I. and Christine B. Waldeier Welch. Bill farmed all his life in the area. He was a member

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Trudy Reynolds

Trudy Oglesby Reynolds, Wathena, KS, formerly from Maryville, died December 30, 2021. She was born to Vilas Oglesby and Shirley Samson Oglesby Reynolds on October 25, 1951.   Visitation will be at 1 pm, Saturday, March 26, 2022, the funeral will follow at 2 pm, at the Bram Funeral Home, Maryville. Inurnment will follow at

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Leo Long

Wilbur Leo Long, 77, Elmo, died Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at home. He was born December 3, 1944, on the family farm near Maryville to Wilbur and Helen Ulmer Long. He graduated from the Burlington Jct. high school in 1963. On July 29, 1964, he married Carol Anne Porter in Burlington Jct. Mr. Long’s body

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Public invited to fundraiser for Nodaway County Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity of Nodaway County will partner with Taco John’s in Maryville for “Crunch for a Cause” between 5 and 7 pm, Thursday, March 17. By mentioning Habitat for Humanity of Nodaway County when placing an order at Taco John’s, patrons will donate 50 percent of the cost of their purchase to Habitat of

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Skidmore council listens to water meter presentation

The Skidmore City Council listened to a presentation by Dan Pasternak, Zenner USA regional sales director, about the water meters in the USA Bluebook bid at the March 2 meeting. The bid is for 145 units and totals $61,601.92. Skidmore started the search for replacement water meters in 2019. At that time, the city had

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Pickering discusses importance of street tax levy

At the March 7 Pickering City Council meeting, the aldermen discussed the importance of residents voting yes on the $1 per $100 assessed valuation street tax levy at the April 5 election. The levy is voted on by the citizens every three years and is a “no-tax increase” levy. The money is used to maintain

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911 board speaks to future funding, new expansion

The 911 Oversight Board gathered March 8 with the agenda items being future funding possibilities and the expansion of services to a neighboring county. The board gathered in the Nodaway County Commissioners’ office with updates from the subcommittee that studied the potential funding of the county-wide service. Presently, Nodaway County and the City of Maryville

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March 8, 2022

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Walker, Chris Burns and 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

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Maryville businesses to participate in Spring Open House

Make it Maryville is sponsoring a Spring Open House from 9 am to 4 pm, Saturday, March 19 with several local businesses participating. “Make it Maryville understands our small businesses need a helping hand especially right now,” Holly Kay Cronk, Make it Maryville organizer and business owner, said. “It has been and is even more

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MHS presents spring production of ‘Nooses Off’

Trent Townsend, Brinley Conn, Kyle Stuart, Cassidy Kline, Emily Pearce, Monica Conover, Alex Peck, Lexi Hoskey, Mason Marriott and Lily Hansen set at the table during rehearsals for the Maryville High School spring play, “Nooses Off.” The production is a high school adaptation of the 1982 play “Noises Off” written by Michael Frayn. The plot

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