Month: July

Dr. Scott Hall

Dr. Scott Hall, 38, Bethany, died Tuesday, July 4, 2023. He was born October 9, 1984, in Rantoul, IL, to Dr. Terry and Chris Hall. He graduated from South Harrison High School in 2003 and from UMKC with a bachelor of biology in 2011. He then went on to complete medical school and then an

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Debbie Dunshee-Garrison

Mary Deborah “Debbie” Dunshee-Garrison, 69, Maryville, passed away at home on Tuesday, June 11, 2023. Debbie was born in St. Joseph, on April 2, 1954, to Dr. Robert E. and Winifred C. Crass Dunshee. She was raised in Maryville, then lived many years in St. Joseph, and returned to Maryville in 2018. Her parents preceded

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Hubert Cozine

Hubert Dwayne Cozine passed away July 5, 2023, at his son and daughter-in-love’s home, Rick and Jeanne Cozine, in Pontotoc, MS, where he had resided the past five and a half years. Hubert was born May 25, 1932, to Vern and Irma Cozine in Washington, KS. Hubert, his parents and sister Doris lived near or

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Watkins Mill State Park hosts ‘Terrors and Trials’

Watkins Mill State Park will host a special program titled Terrors and Trials: Henry and Lucy Fike’s Civil War, from 2 to 3 pm, Saturday, July 15. This presentation is sponsored by the Missouri Speakers Bureau, which is jointly organized and managed by Missouri Humanities and the State Historical Society of Missouri. Drawing upon the

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Health department releases monthly reports

The Nodaway County Health Department’s Jack Hunsucker inspected establishments over the month of June. Pizza Hut, 732 South Main, Maryville, medium priority  Inspection date: June 7 Criticals: There was some sauce held in warmer at 98 degrees, and is required to be above 135. This was corrected on site as the warmer was accidently shut off. The

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Commissioner’s Minutes July 6, 2023

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Present: Walker and Scott Walk, associate commissioner and Melinda Patton, county clerk. Walk made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Walk made a motion to approve prior commission minutes dated

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Recovery of lodged corn is possible

By Wayne Flanary, MU extension agronomy field specialist Storms moved across northwest Missouri and flattened corn by strong winds. These fields have corn, which was uprooted, and roots broken below the soil surface. Other types of damage are leaning corn based on the growth stage of corn and “green snap.” The damage depends on severity

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Pickering discusses town’s improvements

At the July 3 Pickering City Council meeting, aldermen, the mayor and city clerk discussed the current status of improvement projects. The park project is “pretty well done” said City Clerk Milt Sovereign. To water the planted grass, Alderman Kevin Leedom worked out an arrangement with the Public Water Supply District to put the amount

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Stem activities round out HM summer school

The last two weeks of the Horace Mann Laboratory School summer school saw the prekindergarten through sixth grade students learning about velocity and lift. The week of June 26, the students created launchers and experimented to test the designs and make them even better. On the last day of school June 29, the students gathered

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