The Maryville and area citizens came out in big numbers to celebrate the Holiday Season at the Yuletide Magic Holiday Parade on December 6. The parade route started at Franklin Park, heading south along Main Street to the Downtown Pocket Park, and featured special guests and lighted decorations on all of the entries. The Greater
The students of Alpha Psi Omega (APO), Northwest Missouri State University’s theatre honor society, are traveling again this holiday season to stage an original children’s play. The play written by Grace Garrigan, a senior speech and theatre education major from Council Bluffs, IA, “Plot Twisters,” is about a young girl struggling to find others with
The Skidmore Food Pantry will be from 4 to 5:30 pm, Friday, December 13 at Newton Hall. Line up from top of 113 going east. It is for Nodaway-Holt School District residents. Senior boxes will be available for pick up.
At the December 2 Hopkins City Council meeting, Mayor Matt Wray submitted the Missouri Taxation Department letter he had written to request the fine levied against the city for not submitting the Hopkins State Audit in a timely manner be waived. Because of the changeover in city clerks, the city was unable to file the
A Community Blood Center Blood Drive will be from 2 to 6 pm, Thursday, December 12 at the Ravenwood United Methodist Church’s fellowship hall, 211 East State Street. To sign up, go to savealifenow.org/group and use group code T4. For more information, contact David Primm at 660.582.9394 or ldprimm@grm.net.
The Maryville City Council met on November 25, and authorized two special use permits for short-term rentals. The first is a duplex located at 609 West Torrance Street, owned by Darwin and Mary Gessert. The application is to use one side as a short-term rental. Both units are two-bedrooms with adequate off-street parking. The second
The winners of the Ravenwood Winter Festival Light Contest were recently named. They are Billie Shunk, Clark Griswold category; Charley and Kathy Brand, judges’ favorite; Karl and Stephanie Wilmes, most inflatables; Bryan, Marcy, Arlee and Aubree Sobotka, reason for the season and Wanda Fankhouser, traditional.
The correct “Walk with a Doc”time and date is at noon, Wednesday, December 11. It takes place on the walking path at the north end of Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville.
The town of Elmo hosted its first Thanksgiving morning’s Turkey Trot. Jennifer McGinness was the costume winner from the 31 of the participants. The turkey trot was two miles, chicken chase, one mile, and duck dash, which was around the block that morning.
The Second Harvest Food Drop will begin at 10 am, Tuesday, December 10 at the First United Methodist Church parking lot, 102 North Main Street, Maryville.
