Maryville High School is presenting Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at 7 pm, Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27, and at 2 pm, Sunday, March 28 located in the Lee and Nina Schneider Performing Arts Center at the high school. Cast members work to remember their lines during dress rehearsals leading up to opening
In the NCAA Division II Elite Eight national semifinals, the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats punched their ticket to the national championship thanks to a 77-46 victory against No. 3-seed Flagler (Fla.). The second-seeded Bearcats win their 42nd-straight game on neutral court and now make it back to the finals for the third time in four
The City of Maryville has an existing 1/8 cent city storm water/local parks sales and use tax rate that expires on March 31. The 1/8th of a cent expiring is from the Debt Retirement Fund and associated directly with the debt for community center construction and refunding. The FY’21 budget includes $246,000 from this revenue
At the March 11 Skidmore City Council meeting, Emily Wicoff, PE, from Snyder and Associates, Inc., St. Joseph, informed the council the cost of the sewer project had doubled to over $2 million. The city passed a bond levy in 2017 to finance the project. The project is planned for operation June 1, 2023, and
The Maryville Tourism Committee discussed hiring a staff person at the March 10 meeting. Committee President Josh McKim said the two things tourism committees need to do is have more wayfinding signage in its town and to hire an employee. He felt it is time to start looking at the options available. McKim estimated there
By Nate Blackford, Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville president On Monday of this week, the State of Missouri’s expanded list of those eligible to receive the COVID vaccine went into effect. The newly expanded group, referred to “Phase 1B – Tier 3” by the state, includes the following occupations and industries: K-12 education, communications infrastructure,
Nodaway County Cattlemen’s Association held their Annual Roundup March 13 at TriMeadows, Conception. At that time, scholarships were awarded to students from Nodaway County schools. The banquet is also the time when money is raised through silent and live auctions. This money is used to finance scholarships and many other activities that the NCCA sponsors
The Class 2 Missouri State Wrestling Championship were March 11 at the Cable Dahmer Arena, Independence. Keiren Watkins and Drew Spire qualified and represented Maryville High School in the competition. Watkins, 195 pound class, wrestled five including, Trey Ward, St. Charles, who was named state champion later. Other opponents that Watkins faced were last year’s
The undefeated Platte Valley girls basketball team faced two menacing foes during the Show Me Championship March 12 – 13 at Springfield. The team drew two-consecutive state champions, Walnut Grove, during the opening of the 2021 event. Platte Valley won with a decisive 49-44 victory and moved on to the championship match against Leeton. The
John Bul Dau, one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” will discuss the experiences chronicled in his book and the documentary “God Grew Tired of Us” when he visits Northwest Missouri State University. The lecture, sponsored by Northwest’s Student Activities Council, begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, in the Mary Linn Auditorium at the
