At the December 6 Pickering City Council meeting, City Clerk Milt Sovereign said there are two aldermen and one mayoral positions open on the April 5, 2022, election ballot. City residents will also be voting on the $1 per $100 assessed valuation street tax levy. This must be approved every three years and is not
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. Walk made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Burns made a motion to approve prior commission minutes
At the December 6 Hopkins City Council meeting, Randy Beason signed his oath of office to fill the remainder of the late Jess Everhart’s term. Discussion was held on reorganizing the city council. It was decided to have Beason take over Everhart’s positions. Beason will be president of the board and serve on the finance
The Sheridan Country Western Music Show is from 6 to 9 pm, every Tuesday evening at the community building in Sheridan. December dates are Tuesday, December 14, 21 and 28. It is a freewill offering. Walk-on musicians are welcomed.
On December 7, Samantha Raasch, founder of One Act, received a donation of $8,200 from Amanda Twaddle of the 10 Squared Women organization. One Act provides hygiene supplies to 12 area schools as well as underwear, socks and pants to elementary schools when needed. Twaddle said this was an opportunity for the mothers, grandmothers, aunts
The Maryville R-II Board of Education has hired Dr. Logan Lightfoot as superintendent to replace Dr. Becky Albrecht who is retiring at the end of the school year. Lightfoot is currently the superintendent at Anselmo-Merna Public School District in Merna, NE. “We are very pleased that Dr. Lightfoot has accepted this position,” Sean Wiedmaier, Maryville
The Northwest Missouri Beebusters monthly meeting is from 7 to 9 pm, Monday, December 13 at the Laura Street Baptist Church, 120 South Laura, Maryville. Anyone who is interested in bees is welcome to attend.
The Skidmore Community Betterment will meet at 6 pm, Monday, December 13 at Newton Hall.
Numbers from the Nodaway County Health Department’s daily COVID-19 report for December 6 indicated 20 people residing in the county tested positive on that day for the novel coronavirus. There are currently 10 people hospitalized with 208 active cases in the county. There have been 37 deaths since April 2020. The age breakdowns for positive
