Five Northwest Missouri State University students’ artwork will appear this spring in the Albrecht-Kemper Museum’s 2021 undergraduate art exhibition. The exhibition opened April 16, and continues through Sunday, June 6, at the museum in St. Joseph. The juried art exhibition selects about 25 percent of the submissions it receives from throughout the nation. “Juried exhibitions
The annual Missouri Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics was held May 25 on Main Street, Maryville, and a walk at Mozingo Lake Recreation and Park. Gathered at the Nodaway County Courthouse, the runners and well-wishers prepared to start the run. Holding the banner are Jeff Ellis and Maryville Mayor Ben Lipiec. The torchbearer
This spring, the North Nodaway kindergarten class undertook the task of constructing and planting a butterfly garden at the North Nodaway Elementary School in Pickering. Kindergarten teacher Angie Davison used Project Based Learning to create the activity for her students and planted a butterfly garden. “We had been studying the needs of animals and
Missouri Western State University Center for Entrepreneurship and the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce are partnering on a program to promote and encourage the transition of successful businesses to new ownership. The goal of “Business SUCCESSion” is to reach business owners who want to transition out of their business now or in the near future
Area schools have closed but summer library opportunities are opening up for area students. Northeast Nodaway’s “Reading Island” summer library will be open from 10 to 11:30 am, Tuesdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and July 13. Students must have an adult present. Come and go activities include children’s story time, checkout books, scholastic
“This week’s map is a proportional symbol map displaying current NCAA Div. I Collegiate Baseball Rankings. Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas lead the way. Fifteen of the twenty-five teams are located in the Deep South. Southeastern dominance along with PAC-12 teams correlate with traditional baseball hotbeds. This pattern is very similar to the
At the May 13 Skidmore City Council meeting, Nodaway-Holt Superintendent Jeff Blackford inquired as to Skidmore’s interest in having an electronic sign to inform the community about school events and activities. With the athletic cooperative between NH and West Nodaway, Blackford said more traffic would be traveling between the two schools on Highway 113.
The State Line Baseball League played April 28, the inaugural games, under the new lights at the Maryville Knights Field located on South Mulberry, Maryville. The pints, made up of 10-to-12-year-olds, played a round-robin series. The teams were the Maryville Knights, the Northwest Shockers and the Maryville Mavericks. Ben Scott said the lights were re-purposed
The grand opening for Thomson Splash ‘N Play Park was held May 14. The zero-depth splash pad with spray features and musical play attraction was made possible through the generous donation of Dick and Kay Thomson and the vision of the Thomson family. The splash park is intended as a thank you to the community from
On May 16, gray skies and rain showers didn’t dampen the spirits of the graduates at Jefferson, Maryville, North Nodaway and South Nodaway high schools.
