Month: March

10-Squared Men give to NW CIT Council

10-Squared Men donated $14,200 to the Northwest Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Council, March 21, to be used for training support services for first mental health and substance abuse first responders. At the donation were 10-Squared Men member Todd Hayes, Northwest University Police Department (NWUPD) Anthony Williams, Director of Community Behavioral Health Team at Family Guidance

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MPR board hears about needed summer workers

The Maryville Parks and Recreation Board met on March 18, where department reports were read. Reports Recreation Supervisor Kristy McLain and Sports Coordinator Emily Dew. Youth soccer registration has ended, and 245 are entered. Games begin April 6. The co-ed volleyball league is in week four, with seven teams. League play begins on April 16 for

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Local teams open track season

The Nodaway Valley, North Nodaway, Platte Valley and Northeast Nodaway track teams started their season at the Worth County Early Bird on March 21. See photos on Page 13 of this week’s NNL.

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Pitch Night is at BJ AL

The Rolla Dicks American Legion Auxiliary will hold a pitch night at 6 pm, Saturday, March 30 at American Legion Building in Burlington Jct. The pitch buy in is $10 per person. It’s a progressive style, 10 games, four hands each. Bring snacks to share. Drinks are provided. Proceeds will support veterans and other projects.

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Lisa Smeltzer

Lisa G. Smeltzer, 61, Maryville, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at her home in Maryville. Funeral services will be at 1 pm, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at the First Baptist Church, Maryville. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 pm, Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Bram Funeral Home, Maryville.

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Carolyn Henry

Carolyn C. Henry, 88, Kansas City, formerly of Maryville, died Monday, March 25 at Primrose Retirement Community, Kansas City. She was born on December 2, 1935, in Johnson County NE, to Arthur and Anna Deubler Schacht. She was a graduate of Tecumseh High School, Tecumseh, NE. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from Peru

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Larry Logan

Larry Wayne Logan, 84, Bethany, died Monday, March 25, 2024, at a Stanberry nursing home. He was born November 27, 1939, in Nodaway County, to Wayne and Marjorie Merritt Logan. He was a graduate of Skidmore High School. On June 17, 1961, he married Judy Davison in Oregon, MO. Mr. Logan worked as an agricultural

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Darlene Nelson

Darlene Mann Nelson, 99, Maryville, died Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Parkdale Manor. She was born September 10, 1924, in Barnard, to Harry R. and Anna M. Fuller Schmitt. She was a 1942 graduate of Barnard High School. She married Lester E. Mann, a member of the United States Air Force, later reported missing in

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Kevin Leedom 

Kevin Darrell Leedom, 66, Pickering, died Saturday, March 16, 2024, at a hospice facility in Kansas City. He was born January 1, 1958, in Des Moines, IA, to Darrell Lloyd and Bernice Loretta Rowland Leedom. He lived in Iowa and moved to Pickering in 1988. He had a bachelor of science degree in education from

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Michael Mercer

Michael Bart Mercer, 50, King City, died Tuesday, March 21, 2024, at his home. He was born August 9, 1973, in San Antonio, TX, to Jerry Robert Mercer Sr. and Linda Darlene Kiolbassa. On May 19, 2000, he married Becky Walters in Albany. Mr. Mercer was a paramedic for the Nodaway County Ambulance District. He

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