Month: November

Veterans Day ceremonies bestow honor to those who have served 

This year’s Annual Nodaway County Veterans Day Observance will be at 11 am, Monday, November 11 at the American Legion Post 100 Hall, 1104 East Fifth Street, Maryville. The Veterans Day Ceremony is coordinated by the James Edward Gray American Legion Post 100. The welcome and introduction of dignitaries will be by David Dredge, Post

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Spoofhounds move onto district semifinals

The Maryville Spoofhound Football Team took care of business November 1 in Maryville, beating Lafayette 48-13 in the Class 3 District 8 quarterfinals. They will face off against Chillicothe on November 8

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Museum hosts 2nd Saturday, soup luncheon

The Nodaway County Historical Society Museum is hosting the November Second Saturday from 9 to 11 am, Saturday, November 9. Following will be a soup luncheon from 11 am to 1 pm. Diners will have soups, sides and desserts. Cost is $10 per person.

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County has a large turnout for General Election

The number of votes cast for the November 5 General Election was an amount second only to 2020, which was realized weeks ahead of November 5, due to the number of early voting ballots that were cast. Absentee balloting began in late-September with regular absentees and the “no excuse” voting in late-October were seen arriving

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9th Annual Trick or Treat is wet affair

The 29th Annual Downtown Maryville Trick or Treat was a brief event as thunderstorms and other bad weather loomed over the event on October 30. Taking advantage of a break in the weather from 4 to 5:30 pm where only light rain prevailed, hearty merchants treated families. By 5:45 pm, the rain was again coming

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AL serves beef, noodles in BJ

The Rolla Dicks American Legion Auxiliary is hosting a beef and noodles supper from 5 to 7 pm, Friday, November 8 at the American Legion Building in Burlington Jct. The menu is beef and noodles, green beans, homemade rolls and dessert. Veterans and their spouses eat free. Costs are $10 for adults and children five

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Jackie Swinford

Jackie Lee Swinford, Jr., 64, died Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. He was born October 14, 1960, in Maryville, to Jackie  “Jack” and Eldora Mae Weakley Swinford. He was a graduate of Maryville R-2 High School, and a graduate of the former Electronics Institute of Kansas City. Mr. Swinford had

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LeRoy Coffelt

LeRoy Mitchell Coffelt, 77, Ravenwood, died Sunday, November 3, 2024, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. He was born May 20, 1947, in Maryville, to Wayne L. and Margaret L. Ray Coffelt. He graduated from Ravenwood High School and had attended the University of Missouri/Columbia. On December 2, 1991, he married Donita D. Hilsenbeck

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Laurel Aley

Laurel Guy Aley, 83, Maryville, died Sunday, November 3, 2024, in Maryville. He was born Wednesday, May 21, 1941, in Maryville. He spent many years in Maryville, and had lived 30 years in Arizona, before returning to Maryville in 1990. He married Bonita June Davis, and she died in 1983. On January 19, 2002 he

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