The entire North Nodaway school turned out to celebrate the Platte Valley Homecoming, September 16. All students, teachers and staff gathered in front of the high school in Hopkins for a large group photo. This was a redo of a photo taken in the early 80s. After the photo, the homecoming parade was held with
After two school years of students receiving free lunches provided by USDA, the lunch program in area schools has gone back to pre-pandemic status. With lunches costing between $2 to $3, families need to look into the revised free and reduced price policy for school children who might qualify for the program and not pay
Nodaway County Cattlemen Association (NCCA) presented 3,200 six-ounce ground beef patties to all seven county schools for their school concessions stands.
By Morgan Guyer Platte Valley moved to 3-0 on the season after beating the Nodaway Valley Thunder 52-0 September 9 in Graham. The game started as many do for Platte Valley, with a Carter Luke touchdown. The senior running back ran the ball 17 times for 198 yards, finishing with five touchdowns. His four touchdowns
The Maryville R-II School’s prep athletes came to Maryville’s downtown, August 25, to introduce themselves to the Spoofhound fans.
Eugene Field Elementary, August 23, saw students and parents walking up to one of three entrances on the first day of school. With buses waiting to unload and cars with drop-offs, the East Second Street in front of EFE was teeming. Teachers, principals and the school resource officer were out welcoming students to a new
The Maryville Spoofhound Booster Athletic Club is hosting the 2022 Community Pep Rally at 6 pm, Thursday, August 25 on the Downtown Square. The Community Pep Rally will kick-off the upcoming school year. Spoofhound fans can expect to see their favorite teams and players announced at the rally and everyone is encouraged to come and
South Nodaway’s new staff members are Taylar Freemyer, junior high, high school math; Peggy Christian, maintenance; Waverley Brown, first grade; Annie Morris, kitchen; and Brooke Hoeppner, sixth grade. Coverage of all the new Nodaway County schools’ staff can be found on Page 3 of the August 18 edition of the NNL.
By Kathryn Rice The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education held an open forum, July 21, to hear from school district residents on the issue of the school appointing school protection officers (SPO). The board allowed patrons to sign up to speak for three minutes each, one time. Nine people signed up. Most questions were
At the June 8 West Nodaway Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Mitch Barnes gave the board members information and asked them to consider school protection officers. The State of Missouri allows schools to have school protection officers under Title XI Education and Libraries, Chapter 160. The school district may designate one or more elementary or
