Month: October

NBA Players, 2022-23

The NBA season is underway. This choropleth map is based on where the current 501 NBA roster players attended high school.  Two areas in the eastern half of the U.S. (Mid-Atlantic urban core and rural midwestern states) standout as leading per capita producers of players.  California leads in total production with 47 or almost 10%

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October 20, 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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50th class reunion for the SN 1972 graduates

Fifteen of the South Nodaway class of 1972 gathered to recognize their 50th year October 1 at A&G Restaurant. There are 26 classmates still living and the class meets every five years regularly. Those who attended are front: Caron Coulter, Jonell Barlow, Marilyn Cotter, Sheila Kiser, Deb Snyder, Joyce Nielson, Marcia Pierson; back: Victor Coulter,

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Northwest invites families to trick-or-treating in residence halls

Area children and their families are invited to trick-or-treat in Northwest Missouri State University residence halls from 5 to 7 pm, Wednesday, October 26. Families should begin at Hudson and Perrin Halls, located on University Drive just north of the campus’ main entrance on Fourth Street, or The Station, located on Northwest Drive adjacent to

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PAT Halloween offers fun in Ravenwood

Northeast Nodaway families with children ages birth through kindergarten are invited to PAT Halloween Fun from 6 to 7 pm, Wednesday, October 26. There will be fire trucks and fire safety tips located by the school playground. Also, there will be activities in the cafeteria.

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United Electric, Fiber officially opens South Main location

The new location for United Electric and United Fiber customer service is now at 1016 South Main, which is the corner of South Main and West South Avenue. Maryville Chamber Ambassadors held a ceremonial ribbon cutting October 11 with Communications Manager Amy Ziegler and CEO Jim Bagley holding the ribbon while Phil Jensen, board president

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Graham Lions donates to Senior Center freezer project

The Graham Lions Club gave $1,000 to the Nodaway County Senior Center for the replacement walk-in freezer at the Maryville center. The donation is part of funds needed to secure an $84,000 Lions Club International Hunger grant awarded to the senior center. Lions must donate a percentage of the grant to secure it.

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Skidmore suffers large water loss

At the October 18 Skidmore City Council meeting, City Clerk Meagan Morrow and Maintenance Operator Cassie Partridge announced Skidmore was billed for over 700,000 gallons of water from Public Water Supply District #1 of Nodaway County and only billed residents for 300,000 gallons, making a loss of 400,000 gallons. Partridge has driven around the city

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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

North Star spreads word of firm’s services By Kathryn Rice North Star Advocacy Center, located at 1220 East Second, Maryville, continues to do outreach to spread the word of the services it has available for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the five county Northwest Missouri area. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness

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