The Nodaway County Health Center Board of Trustees met June 15. After two years of pandemic response due to COVID-19, the health center is finally getting back to its regular programs and activities. Administrator Tom Patterson said the program billing payments have started coming in from the state. He estimated the center was waiting on
The Nodaway County Ambulance District met for their monthly meeting June 8. The sales tax payment for the month was confirmed to be $125,665.72, an almost one percent increase from the year before and a nine percent increase from 2020. The Burlington Jct., Ravenwood, Maryville and Hopkins rescue squads had no news to report. The
The Heart of America Tractor Cruise will be Saturday, June 25 and starts from the community building at the Northwest Missouri Regional Airport, 25775 Hawk Road, Maryville. The event starts with registration, 4 pm, and a supper at 6 pm, Friday, June 24 at the community building. The Nodaway County Cattlemen Association is helping to
Dr. William Kinderknecht and Caleb Liles, spent May 23 through June 3 together at Mosaic Specialty Care – West, where Kinderknecht served as a preceptor for Liles as he prepares for his second year of medical school at AT Still University of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville. When Liles was thinking about his preceptors, it was an
By Wayne Flanary, Extension field specialist in agronomy True armyworm is a pest that can occasionally occur in area winter wheat fields. This is the first report I have received regarding true armyworm. So, watch fields carefully. Small larvae feed on lower parts of grass plants and are hard to find. As the larvae mature,
The reconstruction of the Long Branch Bridge, located on Highway 136, east of Maryville, has hit several snags early in the project. “We understand that the closure of US Route 136 for the Long Branch Bridge reconstruction project was unexpected and has caused some frustration and confusion, particularly regarding the construction timeline,” noted a MoDOT
By Dr. John Jasinski, Northwest Missouri State University president Northwest Missouri State University’s high performance since I became the institution’s president in 2009 has come via your contributions – and those of our partners. My 2009 inaugural remarks addressed the importance of public-private partnerships, and I did not imagine how critical this would become by
By Kay Wilson Last January with snow and ice on the ground, the Schenkel farm, west of Maryville, welcomed a “How America Works with Mike Rowe” film crew to chronicle a corn farming operation. The show made it to the screen in early May with a repeat of the show streamed June 4. The show
The State Historical Society of Missouri has published a new digital interactive, Emancipation Day in the Missouri Ozarks, exploring the significance of June 19 and August 4 to African American freedom in Missouri and the United States. “The August 4 celebration of Emancipation Day in Missouri dates back to the Civil War era,” said Gary
On June 9, the Nodaway County Commissioners presented the Maryville Host Lions with a $10,000 ARPA grant. At the presentation were Nodaway County Clerk Melinda Patton, Nodaway County Collector Treasurer Marilyn Jenkins, Nodaway County Associate Commissioner Scott Walk, Host Lion President Rob Sparks, Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker, Associate Commissioner Chris Burns and Host Lions Treasurer
