Month: January

Nodaway Chorale starts spring rehearsal season

The Nodaway Chorale will launch its spring rehearsal season at 7 pm, Monday, February 6 at First Christian Church, Third and Buchanan Streets, Maryville. Rehearsals, in preparation for a May concert, will continue from 7 to 9 pm, each Monday at the same location. The Nodaway Chorale is a non-profit, non-audition, secular mixed voice chorus

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Burlington Jct. council approves handbook updates

The IRS mileage increase for use of personal vehicles was approved for 65.5¢ at the Burlington Jct. City Council meeting January 19. The council also approved paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Day and the

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January 26, 2023

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. Walk made a motion to approve prior commission minutes

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Geography with Goudge

This week’s map, NFL All-Pro Players, 2018-2022 “As the NFL prepares for the Conference Championship games this weekend, the 2022 AP (Associated Press) NFL All-Pro Team was recently announced. This week’s map looks at the last five years of All-Pro players (198 total) based on where they went to high school. The ‘Best of the

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Maryville council approves engineering contract for East Thompson trail

At the January 23 Maryville City Council meeting, Great River Associates, Springfield, was approved to provide engineering services for the East Thompson Street Trail Project. The project will be from E. Thompson Street from South Davis to South Laura. It will feature an eight foot wide concrete trail approximately 1,600 linear feet. It was shared

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VFW changes meeting location

VFW Post 442 will change their meeting location for the February meeting. The meeting will begin at 4 pm, Wednesday, February 1 at the Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville board room. For more information, contact Jeremy Cobb at 573.418.1671 or sgmjacobb@gmail.com.

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State awards $261M through broadband infrastructure grant program

This week, Governor Mike Parson announced that the Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded a total of $261 million through the ARPA Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program to 60 recipients for projects that will expand and improve internet access statewide including United Services, Inc. Projects receiving funds are expected to create more than 55,000 connections

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NOCOMO closes temporarily

NOCOMO Industries, Inc. Board Member Traci Westfall notified the parents and guardians of the sheltered workshop certified employees of its temporary closure. She noted the board will reassess in two weeks. Board President Sam Mason issued the following statement: “We are currently going through a transition and we are looking forward to getting our employees

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Maryville’s South Main progress given by McDanel

The Maryville South Main Improvement Phase One project has been reported by City Manager Greg McDanel to the city council as being 75 percent complete. Contractor VF Anderson Builder, Harrisonville, continues to install concrete curb and driveways along the west side of South Main. RS Electric, St. Joseph, is working to cutover individual electric services

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