Hospital leader explains vaccine protocol

By Nate Blackford, Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville president Let me start by saying Happy New Year… and goodbye to 2020. If you are like me, you have exchanged a number of communications with friends and family recently about how glad we are that 2020 is over. The year 2020 was certainly one that will

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Friday, January 8 COVID-19 report: four new cases

Nodaway County Health Department Administrator, Tom Patterson, announces four individuals residing in Nodaway County, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  2102 confirmed cases; 324 probable cases  87 active cases  2319 released from isolation  155 total hospitalizations  5 current hospitalizations  20 deaths The affected individuals include:  1

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Pickering council pays bills

The Pickering City Council met January 4 to handle the following business. Pat McKee Construction was paid $100 for filling the streets’ potholes throughout Pickering. Mayor Charles Smith has acquired the services of attorney Taryn Henry as city attorney for Pickering. She has requested a copy of all of Pickering’s city ordinances. The city has

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Youth wrestling takes hold

By Kathryn Rice Spoofhound Youth Wrestling is in its first year as an organization and in partnership with Maryville Parks and Recreation. “We started the program because there wasn’t a solidified club in the area and it was difficult to find consistency,” Coach Tyler Tapps said. “Parents of some of the wrestlers really wanted a

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MU Extension offers online hemp workshop

The University of Missouri Extension offers a virtual workshop about industrial hemp 12:30 to 2:30 pm, January 11-15. Topics include a legislative summary and regulatory update, agronomic practices and pests, uses for hemp, crop enterprise budgets, and processing and contracts. Presenters include MU Extension specialists, CBD-hemp growers and processors, processors from the Tiger Fiber Hemp

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Newly elected county officeholders sworn in

Associate Circuit Judge Robert Rice, left, administered the oath of office January 5 to these newly elected county officials. They are front: Public Administrator Dee O’Riley, Collector-Treasurer Marilyn Jenkins, who after this term will have served 15 years; back: Assessor Rex Wallace, who will have served 20 years after this term; South District Associate Commissioner

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January 5, 2021

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Walker, Chris Burns, 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 dated

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Thursday, January 7 COVID-19 report: eight new cases

Nodaway County Health Department Administrator, Tom Patterson, announces eight individuals residing in Nodaway County, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  2098 confirmed cases; 324 probable cases  92 active cases  2310 released from isolation  155 total hospitalizations  5 current hospitalizations  20 deaths The affected individuals include:  1

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First baby of 2021 arrives at Mosaic

Payton David Reed arrived at 2:03 pm, Saturday, January 2 at Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville giving him the distinction of being the first baby born in 2021 at the hospital. He is joined in the photo by his parents, Nathan and Jennifer Reed, Maryville. Payton weighed five pounds, 15 ounces and was 19.5 inches

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MTC contains riot

At approximately 10:20 pm, Thursday, December 31, offenders in a housing unit at Maryville Treatment Center were suspected of consuming an intoxicating substance. When questioned by officers, three offenders refused to cooperate. They began to destroy property within the housing wing and soon were joined by 20-25 other offenders. Trained corrections professionals, along with several

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