Month: April

Nodaway Chorale announces concert, guest performers

The Nodaway Chorale will present a concert of choral music at 4 pm, Sunday, May 7, at the Maryville High School Schneider Performing Arts Center. The theme of the concert is “Cinemagic! Music from the Movies.” Chorale Music Director Jim Rash explains, “Most moviegoers consider cinema a visual medium; however, it is undoubtedly also an aural experience. Our spring concert

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Burlington Jct Annual Alumni Banquet set

The Burlington Jct. Annual Alumni Banquet will be Saturday, April 29 at the Burlington Jct. Community/Legion Hall. The event will begin at 11 am with the meal to be at noon. The group has gathered for 82 years.

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Davison completes first year as tourism, Downtown Maryville director

By Kathryn Rice As of April 4, DeAnn Davison completed her first year as director of both the Maryville Tourism Committee and Downtown Maryville organization. Davison has spent a lot of her charter year attending training meetings and conventions to make connections with others in the industry and learn how to best promote both organizations.

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Commissioner’s Minutes April 20, 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, associated commissioners; Angie Cordell, deputy clerk and Melinda Patton, county clerk. Walk made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Burns made a motion to

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Skidmore doesn’t swear-in new elected officials

At the April 13 Skidmore City Council meeting, the council decided to table the swearing in of the April 4 elected aldermen until the May 11 meeting. Alderman Teresa Carter, who was re-elected to the council seat, was at the April meeting. Steve Day, a write-in candidate, was not. Alderman Marvin Sumy was thanked for

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Eagle Scout to refurbish Freedom Fest Flag

Skidmore resident Cheryl Huston has been sheltering a piece of Nodaway County history in her garage. It is a 4×8 foot wooden American flag painted in the mid-80s to honor veterans, the missing-in-action and the killed-in-action during the Freedom Fest celebration and the Moving Wall events held in Skidmore during this time. Knowing this piece

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Northwest students protest

Students for Choice at Northwest Missouri State University will lead a protest from 11 am to 1 pm, Wednesday, April 26 for uterine and abortion rights. The protest will be at the bell tower on the Northwest Missouri State University campus. Students for Choice is a pro-choice campus organization that advocates for women’s, uterine and

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Stiens Memorial Scholarship gives 3 awards

Lori and Steve Sears presented the first three scholarships for $1,500 each to Northwest Technical School graduating seniors, James Jathan Ungles, Madelyn Swinford and Mia Roush, in the memory of their son, Cody Lee Stiens. Roush plans to attend North Central Missouri College, Trenton, to study nursing. Ungles plans to attend Southeast Community College, Milford,

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Platte Valley blanks Stewartsville

By Morgan Guyer Platte Valley continued their impressive start to the baseball season following an 8-0 win over Stewartsville in Guilford April 17, as they eye another trip to the Final Four in Springfield. It wasn’t the most dominant of performances from the Platte Valley offense. They struggled to get many hits early on, as

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