Jackie L. Holbrook, Guilford, died Sunday, June 30, 2024, at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. He was the son of Leo and Mildred Holbrook. He was a long-time resident of Guilford having moved there from Phoenix. He was a dedicated husband to his wife, Tammy and enjoyed time with his family. There will be
Jonathon T. Holbrook, 23, Warrensburg, died Sunday, June 30, 2024, at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. He was the son of Jackie and Tammy Holbrook of Guilford, and was a lifelong resident of the area. He had moved to Warrenburg a year ago for his work. He was engaged to be married to Baylee
Beverly Lawson Hix, 84, Lawrence, KS, died Friday, July 12, 2024. She was born July 24, 1939, in rural Skidmore, to Elmer and Alberta Bowman Lawson. She attended the old Lorraine School in Nodaway County. On October 8, 1956, she married Jerry M. Hix. They lived in Booneville, Pilot Grove and Overbrook, KS. He preceded
Shari Raye Myers, 51, Maryville, died Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at her home. She was born September 22, 1972, in Osceola, IA, to Phillip Ray and Marilyn Jean Husted Blunt. She grew up in Murray, IA, and graduated from high school there in 1991. She received a BS degree in child development and family studies
The Maryville Sharks Swim Team held their end of season awards at Beal Park on July 14, before having a pool party at the MAC. See photos on Page 14 of the NNL.
The 2024 Punkin Show is themed “Third Punkin from the Sun” and will be Thursday, July 25; Friday, July 26; Saturday, July 27; and Sunday, July 28 in Skidmore. The event begins at 7 pm, Thursday with the Queen Contest at the Skidmore Methodist Church. Friday’s activities are: • 4 to 7 pm, Skidmore Depot Museum is open.
At the July 15 Maryville Tourism Committee meeting, Director DeAnn Davison announced she was submitting applications for two 2025 and 2026 conferences to be hosted by the City of Maryville. One is the University of Missouri Extension Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference planned in September 2025. It is estimated there would be 185 attendees. The conference
The Pizza Ranch in Maryville reopened July 15 under new owners and new management. At the ribbon cutting, Jeff VanSchepen, co-owner and Pizza Ranch Corporation vice-president of business, along with Mel Tjeerdsma held the ribbon while Paul Thompson, general manager cut the ribbon with the scissors.
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 commissioner and Melinda Patton, county clerk. Walk made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Burns made a motion to approve prior commission minutes
Missouri corn and soybean growers are reporting growing numbers of Japanese beetles in crops in recent weeks, says University of Missouri Extension state entomologist Ivair Valmorbida. Valmorbida uses numbers from MU Extension’s Pest Monitoring Network, which gathers information from across the state The highest numbers are reported in northwest Missouri’s Gentry County. Numbers are also
