American Legion Post 100 and Scout Troops 190 and 74 will serve breakfast from 8 am to noon, Sunday, November 5 at the post, 1104 East Fifth Street, Maryville. The menu includes biscuits and gravy, pancakes, eggs, sausage, hash browns, orange juice and coffee. Cost is $9 for adults; ages six and under are $5.
The American Legion Post #528 will hold a freewill donation breakfast from 8 am to noon, Sunday, November 5 at the AL Post in Parnell. The menu includes pancakes, biscuits and gravy, eggs made to order, bacon, sausage, coffee and orange juice.
Maryville, Platte Valley, Nodaway Valley and North Nodaway all ran at their respective district cross country meets in Platte City October 28. Full coverage can be found on Page 14 of this week’s NNL.
On October 30, a day care treated the Nodaway News Leader to cute youngsters in their Halloween costumes.
The Maryville Rotary Club is sponsoring a Pickleball tourney to benefit the eradication of polio from the planet. Pickleball vs Polio Classic, a doubles tournament, will begin at 9 am, Saturday, November 18 at the Maryville High School FEMA gym. The first 16 teams will have a round robin match and then a tourney
More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, November 13 – 20. Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts, filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys, to children worldwide
The first 2023 Youth Deer Season was a bit of a challenge with the weather being cold and windy. Ross Doty, seven year old son of Philip and Randa Doty, Maryville, braved the elements and the flu to take this 11-pointer. Ross, who has been hunting for two years, loves to hunt.
On October 30, cold but sunny weather greeted trick or treaters at the 28th annual event. Over 80 businesses, organizations, churches and others took part with an estimated 2,400 people wandering the downtown event. More photos available on the front page of this week’s NNL.
All three Nodaway County football teams earned a bye from the first round of playoffs after successful regular seasons, and are now ready to begin a postseason charge. The Maryville Spoofhounds ended the season with an 8-1 record and first place in the MEC. After a week-one loss against Blair Oaks, the team finished the season undefeated,
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 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 dated 10/24/23.
