Month: April

Geography with Goudge

Marathons by State Per Capita, 2023 The oldest continually operating marathon is the Boston Marathon.  The 127th running of the Boston Marathon took place on Monday, April 17th.  This map of the 1,058 marathons by state, scheduled in the U.S. for 2023, is divided by the population. The resulting distribution indicates the upper Great Plains and

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BOE NEWS

Turn to the Leader for complete coverage of each Nodaway County school board meeting. The North Nodaway R-VI and West Nodaway R-I Boards of Education minutes can be found on Pages 11-12 in this week’s NNL.  

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Fr. Donald Grabner, OSB

Fr. Donald “Raymond Alfred” Grabner, OSB, 94, Conception, died Monday, April 17, 2023, at St. Stephen’s Infirmary, Conception Abbey, Conception. He was born November 4, 1928, in Neodesha, KS, to Bernard and Regina Eigenbrodt Grabner. He professed as a monk of Conception Abbey on September 3, 1949, and was ordained July 31, 1954. His assignments

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Denis Wiles

Denis William Wiles, 58, Maryville, formerly of Alabama, died Monday, April 17, 2023, at his home. He was born August 21, 1964, in Bell Flower, CA, and graduated from high school there. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps and was on active duty for four years, stationed at Ft. Rucker in Alabama. He received

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Maxine Griffin

Maxine Marie Griffin, 89, died Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Cameron Regional Medical Center. She was born December 27, 1933, in Grant City, to Ray and Mercedes Wood Toms. She was married to Roger Shipman. He preceded her in death. She married Otto Griffin and they spent many years together. He preceded her in death

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Darlene Patton

Nancy Darlene Weldon Patton, 80, Plano, TX died from pancreatic cancer on April 5, 2023 at Faith Presbyterian Hospice, T. Boone Pickens Center, Dallas, TX. She was born December 16, 1942 at St. Francis Hospital, Maryville. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thurman and Loree Weldon, Barnard. She graduated Class of 1960, South

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Scott Francis Dalton

Scott Francis Dalton was born on July 30, 1960 in Maryville, Missouri to Don and Rosalie Dalton. He grew up on the family farm south of town. This is where his love for farming began. He drove his first tractor at the age of 5 years old and enjoyed lots of time playing “farm” in

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Commissioner’s Minutes April 18, 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. Burns made a motion to approve prior commission minutes

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