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. Burns made a motion to approve prior commission minutes
Jerri L. Giesken Walker, died Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Parkview Health Care Facility in Bolivar. She was born on May 28, 1959, in Riverside, CA, to Gerald E. Giesken and Metta M. Giesken. She lived all over the country as a child but came back to the area after her father retired from his
Gregory Allan Biehle, died Saturday, October 26, 2024. He was born August 4, 1960, to Delbert and Dorothy Lundgren Biehle. He attended school in Sheridan and graduated from Worth County High School. He attended Nebraska Christian College and later Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. His employment over the years included Laclede Chain Mfg, Glass Depot
Herbert Kendall VanVactor, Jr, 75, Stanberry, died Thursday, October 24, 2024, near Parnell. He was born August 15, 1949, in Bethany, Harrison County, to Herbert Kendall and Alice Mildred York VanVactor. He grew up in Stanberry, and graduated from Stanberry High School, class of 1967. He continued his studies at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville,
Richard Duane Barger, 79, Maryville, died Thursday, October 24, 2024. He was born July 24, 1945, to Duane and Lola Lyle Barger. On November 17, 1962, he married Nancy Kaye Treese, in Maryville. She survives of the home. Mr. Barger was the central supply manager at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville. He dedicated 52 years
Reports were read to the Nodaway County Ambulance Board on October 9, updating them on the happenings around the district. Reports Director of Operations Jared McQueen. The 134 unit’s compartment door has been fixed by Conrad Fire. The district applied for the grant program through the Department of Health and Senior Services for $99,948.13, which will purchase
The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to inform the public of upcoming changes to the driver license testing process. In preparation for the transition, driver examination stations throughout the state will close at 12 pm on Thursday, November 7 through November 8. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, November 12, following the Veterans Day
By Tabitha Frank, Public Health Nurse Supervisor As the cooler temperatures prevail, the Nodaway County Health Department wants to remind the public that influenza (flu) season is rapidly approaching. Typically, flu activity peaks between December and February in the United States. Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms usually come on
The current Skidmore City Council is front: Mayor Teresa Carter; back: Aldermen Tommy Wilmes, Steve Day, Dennis Gladman and Tim Slagle.
By Kathryn Rice “For nearly three decades, Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) has been observed nationally in October as an opportunity to bring light to the issue of domestic violence and its effects on victims, survivors, families and communities,” according to the website. In Maryville and the five-county region of Nodaway, Atchison, Holt, Gentry and
