Northwest Missouri State University has learned Dr. Dean L. Hubbard, its longest-serving president from 1984 to 2009, has died. Hubbard died the evening of March 23 at his Kansas City home while surrounded by family. He died at age 85 after a battle with kidney disease. In honor of Hubbard, Northwest President Dr. Lance Tatum
The Skidmore Food Pantry for Nodaway-Holt School District residents will be open from 4 to 5:30 pm, Friday, March 28 at Newton Hall in Skidmore. Line up going east on Highway 113. Senior boxes available for pick up.
Memory Cafe is for caregivers of loved ones with memory loss from 10 to 11:15 am, Friday, March 28. No reservation is needed. For more information, call 816.676.8706.
A fish fry fundraiser will be held at 5 pm, Friday, March 28 at the Hopkins Community Building for the Hopkins Fire Department. The freewill donation meal will include fish, chicken strips, French fries, hush puppies, beans, coleslaw and desserts.
A meeting of parents goes awry when Theatre Northwest stages its latest production, “God of Carnage,” this month. Show times are 7:30 pm, Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, in the Studio Theater at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $6 and may be purchased online, at nwmissouri.edu/finearts/theatre/ or at the box
At the March 18 Nodaway County Health Board meeting, Mark Kempf, Maryville, was sworn in to finish the term of the late Marlin Kinman which ends April 2026. The board of trustees elected officers. They are Chris Turpin, chairperson; Mike Rosenbohm, vice-chairperson; Jayne Vest, secretary; Bridget Kenny, treasurer; and Mark Kempf, trustee. In February, there
Jo Nelle Derr, 73, Maitland, died Monday, March 25, 2025. She was born November 19, 1951, to Harold and Evonne Medsker Holmes, in Maryville. She lived all her life in the area, and in the same house for over 55 years. She graduated from Nodaway-Holt High School, Graham and attended Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville.
Dean Pierson, Roeland Park, KS, died Sunday, March 2, at KU Medical Center. He grew up on a farm in the Workman Chapel community, also known as Toad Hollar. He graduated from Burlington Jct. High School in 1958 and later earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the Kansas City Theological Institute. Mr. Pierson worked
Elizabeth “Betty” Swagerty, 90, Maryville, died Sunday, March 23, 2025, at Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville. She was born November 8,1934, to Cornelius and Elizabeth O’Connor McManus in Clyde. She attended six years at St. Benedict’s school in Clyde, and two years at Fairview school at Stanberry. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1952. On
Melvin Lester Ettinger, Jr., 82, Stanberry, died Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at a Lexington hospital. He was born December 30, 1942, to Melvin, Sr., and Ruth Ramsier Ettinger in St. Joseph. On June 15, 1968, he married Elizabeth Miller in Conception Jct. She preceded him in death October 27, 2022. Mr. Ettinger worked as a
