Month: November

Northwest Basketball Club welcomes talented squad

The Northwest Missouri State Basketball Club has begun their fall season. The team held tryouts from September 20 – 22 in Martindale Hall, and now has a squad made up of 14 players and three managers. The president of the club, Nick Bolton, is excited for the team this fall. “I am super excited because

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Rylee Vierthaler signs to play basketball at UCM

Rylee Vierthaler, Maryville senior, will be continuing her education and basketball career at the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, following her signing with friends and family on November 9 at Maryville High School. Attending were sitting: her mother Rebecca Vierthaler, Rylee Vierthaler, her father Brian Vierthaler and Maryville Girls Basketball Coach Kelly Obley; standing: Kansas

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Operation Christmas Child announces drop-off sites

More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, November 14 – 21. Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts, filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys, to children worldwide

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Humane Society offers Home for the Holidays

The New Nodaway Humane Society Animal Shelter is offering half-price adoptions now through Saturday, December 31 as part of the Home for the Holidays. Dogs will be $50; cats are $30; and kittens are $40. This excludes puppies under six months and high profile pets. The adoption fee includes spay or neuter, vaccinations, microchip and

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Beebusters to meet

The Beebusters will meet from 7 to 9 pm, Monday, November 14 at the Laura Street Baptist Church. The monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in beekeeping.

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Maryville extends time for yard waste burning

The City of Maryville, by ordinance, has identified three periods a year for burning yard waste. Those periods are between April 1 and April 14, July 17 and July 31, October 24 and November 6 from dawn until dusk or as modified or extended by city council based primarily on weather conditions. The fall season’s

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MDC reminds hunters to dispose of deer carcasses properly

Proper disposal of a deer carcass is one of the final steps of the deer hunting process and is as important as any other part of deer hunting. One reason this part of deer hunting is important is because there are regulations that pertain to the disposal of deer parts. In Missouri, the improper disposal

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WN FFA hosts breakfast

The West Nodaway FFA Breakfast will be from 8 am to noon, Sunday, November 13 at the American Legion Post, Burlington Jct. The menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, gravy and hashbrowns. Freewill donations will be accepted.

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AL serves breakfast in Conception Jct.

American Legion Post 464 will be holding a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 am, Sunday, November 13 at the post in Conception Jct. There will be pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee. There is an $8 minimum donation per person with children six and under are free. There will be to-go

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