Month: February

Commissioner’s Minutes February 1 & 6, 2024

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. Walk made a motion to approve prior commission minutes

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Jason Forney

Jason Michael Forney, 47, Hopkins, died unexpectedly on February 7, 2024, in Maryville. Arrangements are pending at the Bram Funeral Home, Maryville

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Brad Judd

Brad Curtis Judd, 53, Pickering, died Thursday, February 1, 2024, at the Village Care Center, Maryville. He was born March 7, 1970, in Maryville, to Larry David and Juliana Linebaugh Judd. He was a 1988 graduate of North Nodaway R-VI School in Hopkins. Mr. Judd had worked many years in the underground telecommunication construction business

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Macil Laughlin

Macil Marie Kiser Laughlin, 89, Guilford, died Monday, February 5, 2024 at Maryville Living Center, Maryville. She was born September 4, 1934 to Floyd Andrew “Guinea” and Mamie Idona Armstrong Kiser, in rural Andrew County. She attended Harmon School from first to seventh grade, graduated eighth grade in Barnard and graduated from Horace Mann High

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DAR to meet

The Nodaway Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 10 am, Saturday, February 10 at the Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church. The program is honoring the American Flag by Cynthia Kenny. Selection of officers for the next term is to be discussed.

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County commission approves 2024 budget

The Nodaway County Commissioners approved the projected 2024 income and expenditures during their budget hearing January 25. County Clerk Melinda Patton, as the budget official, provided an official budget message, which can be found on page nine of the Nodaway News Leader this week. Federal programs of the recent past have brought millions of dollars into the

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Skidmore City Hall changes telephone service

At the January 16 Skidmore City Council meeting, City Clerk Sadie McHughes reported the telephone lines had been out-of-service for two weeks. The service is provided by FastWyre. The company has not been returning phone calls. The council decided to switch telephone providers and will now use United Fiber. The immunization policy for the city

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Heart & Sole event set for February 24

In honor of American Heart Awareness Month, Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville and Northwest Campus Recreation are teaming up to provide another great Heart & Sole Health and Fitness Fair. The free event is scheduled for February 24 at the Carl & Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse on Northwest Missouri State University campus. The goal of the

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Maryville Chamber wraps up 2023 with annual meeting

The Maryville Chamber of Commerce general membership gathered for an annual meeting January 25 at the Nodaway County Administrative Center’s community room. The event reviewed the highlights of 2023 for both the chamber membership and the Missouri Department of Revenue’s license bureau. Some of the variety of events hosted or sponsored by the Maryville Chamber

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SB 40 Board reaches out to schools

After two weather-related cancellations, the Nodaway County SB 40 Board met in open and closed sessions January 22 for the quarterly meeting. Board members contacted local school districts to inform them of the purpose of Senate Bill 40 funds and to ask that the district refer families or individuals that funds may be able to

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