Schools

NN provides Thanksgiving meal to community

The North Nodaway National Honor Society and family and consumer sciences class combined forces to serve a Thanksgiving meal, November 18 to community members. The students and teachers gathered behind the serving line at the beginning of the lunch. The meal was ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, green beans, rolls and different kinds of

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MHS presents ‘Seussical’ musical

Maryville High School is presenting “Seussical” a musical based on Dr. Seuss books including “Horton Hears a Who,” “Horton Hatches an Egg,” the Grinch and characters from Whoville. On November 7, the actors practiced the opening number in preparation for the 7 pm, Thursday, November 17 and Saturday, November 19 and 2 pm, Sunday, November

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Rylee Vierthaler signs to play basketball at UCM

Rylee Vierthaler, Maryville senior, will be continuing her education and basketball career at the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, following her signing with friends and family on November 9 at Maryville High School. Attending were sitting: her mother Rebecca Vierthaler, Rylee Vierthaler, her father Brian Vierthaler and Maryville Girls Basketball Coach Kelly Obley; standing: Kansas

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Area schools honor veterans

Area schools are celebrating Veterans Day with assemblies and special meals. These events are: • North Nodaway will have a Veterans program at 9 am, Wednesday, November 9. • Eugene Field Elementary will hold an all-school assembly at 8:30 am, Friday, November 11 in the gym. Veterans with children in the school are invited to attend. Featured speaker

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NNL displays MMS students’ artwork

This month the Nodaway News Leader will be displaying the artwork of Maryville Middle School students in its windows. Chandra DeMott, the MMS art teacher, said, “I love how excited the students get to take their families by to see the windows filled with their artwork. While I display stuff regularly in our building, it makes them

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Selling cookbooks for Ravenwood playground

A “Stir, Sprinkle, Mix, Bake” cookbook featuring recipes submitted by Ravenwood community members is being sold to raise funds for the Ravenwood city park. The Ravenwood Playground Committee will use the funds to purchase new playground equipment. Pre-sales for the cookbooks are being accepted through Thursday, November 10. The cost is $12. The books can

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Local teams run in Conference 275 Championship

The Platte Valley, North Nodaway and Nodaway Valley cross country teams all competed at the Conference 275 Championship in Maryville October 17. The Platte Valley girls team took home the team title. Freshman Mylie Holtman finished in 8th with a time of 23:42.6. Freshman Emalee Langford finished in 5th, with a time of 22:45.5. Senior

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Maryville soccer continues to roll

By Morgan Guyer The Spoofhounds soccer team routed St. Pius X for a 7-0 win at Bearcat Pitch October 13. It would be an understatement to say that Maryville has been dominant in the MEC this season. The Spoofhounds are now 10-4 overall on the season. Throughout the conference season, Maryville has scored 43 goals,

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e2 Fellowship begins with 2 county schools sending students

Mosaic Life Care Foundation’s e2 Fellowship high school leadership program began September 27. e2 Fellowship is a high school intergenerational leadership program that meets four times throughout the academic year. This year, emPowerU welcomes 14 regional schools including Northeast Nodaway and Jefferson for the program. In 2020, The Foundation’s Board of Trustees approved funding to

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