Month: June

Barbara Miller

Barbara Ann Miller, 75, Hopkins, died Monday, June 13, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph. She was born February 19, 1947, in Clark County to Arthur Dean and Lillie Alma Knowles Young. She attended school in Gravity, IA. On November 10, 1963, she married Gordon Green. They later divorced. On June 12, 1992, she

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Lane Zimmerman

Lane K. Zimmerman, 73, St. Joseph, formerly of Maryville, died Monday, June 13, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. He was born February 1, 1949, in Maryville, to Lawrence and Ruby Pruitt Zimmerman. He was a 1967 graduate of Maryville R-II and attended Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. Mr. Zimmerman worked his entire

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Larry Vance

Larry L. Vance, 75, Maryville, died Sunday, June 12, 2022. He was born January 25, 1947, in Ravenwood, to Joseph J. and Doris F. Wilson Vance. He graduated from Northeast Nodaway High School in 1965. On November 30, 1985, he married Rose Marie Treese at the First Christian Church in Maryville. She preceded him in

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Lloyd Pitts

Lloyd Dean Pitts, 82, Rock Port, died Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Rock Port. He was born February 7, 1940, in Toadhollar, to Horace “Jack” Franklin and Fern Walker Pitts. He attended Burlington Jct. High School, Burlington Jct. On November 28, 1965, he married Donna Keever in Quitman. Mr. Pitts was

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Eldon Hart

Eldon Earl Hart, 93, Sheridan, died Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Worth County Convalescent Center in Grant City. He was born on June 1, 1929, southwest of Gaynor, to Lloyd and Ennis Hart. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1947. On September 4, 1949, he married Loretta Hammond. She preceded him in death. Mr.

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Shirley Cockayne

Shirley Ann Cockayne, 86, Overland Park, KS, formerly of Maryville, died Thursday, June 9, 2022, at the Garden Terrace, Overland Park. She was born April 1, 1936, in Parnell, to Leslie David and Hazel Stephenson Frampton. She was a 1954 graduate of Maryville High School. On January 9, 1958, she married Clifford “Cliff” Cockayne in

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Mosaic Life Care announces Mike Poore as CEO

Mosaic Life Care Board of Trustees announces Mike Poore, FACHE, will serve as Mosaic’s chief executive officer (CEO) beginning immediately. Poore has served as interim CEO since March 2022. “Mike was our unanimous choice for this position,” says Serena Naylor, board chair. “As interim, he quickly became an exceptional leader for our system. Mike has

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Geography with Goudge

NCAA Baseball Team Champs, 1980-2021 Since 1950, the College World Series (CWS) has been held in Omaha with the exception of the 2020 cancellation due to Covid. This year’s CWS is scheduled to run from June 17-27th. Mapping the Champions from the past 40 years indicates, the further south a team is located, the greater

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June 9, 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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MoDOT reveals massive transportation spending plan, focuses on maintenance

By Jana Rose Schleis Despite a historic increase in revenue, Missouri has only enough money to maintain its transportation infrastructure while making modest, or desperately needed, improvements. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) recently released a draft five-year spending plan for road and bridge projects. The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) proposes spending about $7.6

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