Month: August

August 3, 2023

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Walker and Chris Burns, associate commissioner 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 dated 8/1/23.

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Health department releases monthly report

The Nodaway County Health Department’s Jack Hunsucker inspected food establishments over the month of July. Pizza Ranch, 215 Che Drive, Maryville, high priority  Inspection date: July 10 Criticals: There were some dirty can openers. Non-criticals: Some boxes on the floor; corrected on site (COS). Some of the bench seats are worn and torn, not easily cleanable. There are

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United Fiber reaches 30,000 subscribers

  United Fiber, a subsidiary of United Electric Cooperative, is celebrating a significant achievement by providing service to its 30,000th subscriber. Over the past decade, United Fiber has provided world-class fiber broadband services to Northwest Missouri. During this period, United secured nearly $60 million in funding from state and federal programs. This investment has allowed

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Hopkins Picnic to sponsor quilt show

  The 2023 Hopkins Picnic, August 17 – 19, will feature the annual quilt show at the Hopkins Community Building. The categories for the show are machine quilted, hand quilted, embroidered, appliqued, tied, baby, wall hangings also table toppers, runners, throws and other smaller items. Antique or heirloom quilts will be shown but not judged.

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NOCOMO announces board officers

NOCOMO Industries announced the 2023-24 board officers who are President Deb Hull, Vice President Sam Mason, Secretary Traci Westfall and Treasurer Sue Florea. Other members of the board are Tim Wilmes and Krista Von Behren. At the August 1 meeting, the board selected its meeting date as 5:30 pm, the last Tuesday of every month

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Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville director honored with The DAISY Award

  Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville Director of Emergency Services Paula Goodridge was honored with The DAISY® Award for Extraordinary Nurses on July 24. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. Goodridge was recognized by a fellow caregiver for her exceptional leadership. Her nomination

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NFL Hall of Fame Members, 1963-2023

The NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremonies (August 5th) mark the unofficial beginning of the 2023 football season.  Since its charter class was enshrined in 1963 there have been 371 members. This per capita map, based on where the Hall of Famers went to high school, indicates two regions of dominance (over twice the national

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Patton honored at state 19th Republican Women of Tribute

  Monica Patton, Ravenwood, was one of the women honored, July 15, at the 19th Women of Tribute Luncheon held in Jefferson City. She was nominated by the Nodaway County Federated Republican Women’s Club, which she joined in 1986. She was president of the club from 2010 until 2021 when at age 83 she recruited

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Habitat for Humanity dedicates new home

The Habitat for Humanity of Nodaway County celebrated the new owners of its next home during a ceremony July 28. The latest partner family is Lisa and Waylon Sanders and their children. The Sanders family is the 13th partner family of Habitat for Humanity of Nodaway County.

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