This Week's News

You can find all of the 100th Day fun on page 2 of the NNL.

On February 10, five schools sent a total of 10 students to the finals of the Nodaway County Spelling Bee held at West Nodaway. First alternate was Horace Mann sixth grader Joey Kessler. Second alternate was Jefferson eighth grader Bruce Otto. The spelling bee winner was Maryville Middle School eighth grader Cooper Lynn. Second place

The 60th Farm-City Awards Lunch brought out about 50 agriculture leaders from the county along with a few Maryville city leaders on February 10 at the Northwest Missouri Ag Learning Center.

Winter Olympic Medals by State, 1924-2022. Just like the northern countries are dominating the 2022 Winter Olympic medal tally, northern states dominate this per capita map.  It is based on the state where the Olympic medalists were born. To date (2/15/2022), Team USA has collected a total of 322 gold, silver and bronze medals since

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway recently issued monthly reports detailing the compliance of municipalities and other political subdivisions with financial reporting laws. Within one report, City of Barnard leaders failed to file the financial state, nor an addendum, for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021. The report was due by December 30. The

The Hopkins City Council met February 7 to discuss the following city business. The aldermen started the meeting by approving last month’s minutes; reviewing and approving the financial reports and the February bills to be paid. Chief Operator Chris Bird reported Maguire Iron, Sioux Falls, SD, had not been able to get a crew together

At the February 7 Pickering City Council meeting, it was decided to move forward with the nuisance violations of Pickering resident Mike Moyer. The council will send Moyer a letter requesting he pick up the junk around his house and put a barrier to retain the noise from his air compressor. The city has received

North Star Advocacy Center, Maryville, recently hired two new employees. Wyatt Williams is a full-time victim advocate with a degree in human services and a minor in psychology from Northwest Missouri State. Julia Day returns to North Star as an on-call staff member. She will fill in at the shelter as needed and has a

The fifth annual donation of Baylee’s Blessings was made February 9 on what would have been Baylee Hilsabeck’s 22nd birthday. The fundraiser has gained the New Nodaway County Humane Society’s animal shelter over $15,000 in the five years of the event. This year, $3,214 was raised. Family and friends also collect items from 26 different

The Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, has released the winners of the 48th annual membership exhibition. Artworks are on view through February 20. Nodaway County artists who were honored for their work are: Dereck W. Dew, Burlington Jct., “Fisherman’s Cove 2021,” “Laminar Flow 2019,” both Painting: Oil & Acrylic, oil on canvas. LeDonna