This Week's News

Geography with Goudge

Spoofhounds win State Championship The Maryville High School girls volleyball team won the Class 3 State Volleyball Championship Friday, November 6 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau beating Park Hills  25-20, 25-21, 25-22. Spoofhounds are among 10,446 players in the state of Missouri.  North Central states lead in per capita girls volleyball participation. 

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Trump tidal wave hits county

With 76.73 percent of the registered voters casting their General Election ballots on November 3, the Republican Party saw wins in every national, state and county race. President Donald Trump won the Nodaway County electorate 69.42 percent, while Governor Mike Parson carried 70.09 percent of the ballots. Locally, the county contested races were closer however

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WN, NN, NH, Jeff BOE meetings

West Nodaway The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education was provided the following information and took the following action at the October 14 meeting. Bruce Johnson of LJ Hart and Company, St. Louis, has provided West Nodaway Superintendent Mitch Barnes with information about the current tax levy for the school district for the board of

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Maryville hospital president shares state official letter

By Nate Blackford, Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville president Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic this past spring, we have been laser-focused on preparing for, mitigating and addressing the physical impacts of the virus. I believe these collective efforts have helped us “flatten the curve,” enabling our organization to appropriately care for those impacted

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Election Summary Report 

General Election  NODAWAY COUNTY  November 03, 2020  Summary for: All Contests, All Districts, All Tabulators, All Counting Groups UNOFFICIAL  Precincts Reported: 18 of 20 (90.00%)  Registered Voters: 9,936 of 12,967 (76.63%)  Ballots Cast: 9,936    PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT for UNITED STATES, MISSOURI (Vote for   1)  Precincts Reported: 18 of 20 (90.00%)  Total  Times Cast

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Saylor Brown nominated for the Congress of Future Medical Leaders

Saylor Brown, a junior at North Nodaway R-VI, is a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders on November 21 through 22. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and

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Area superintendents send an appeal to state officials

Sixteen school superintendents penned a letter to several state leaders asking for changes to be made with the state’s guidance in quarantining. The letter detailed changes for students citing statistics about the fall term’s COVID-19 positive tests compared to the number of students who have endured quarantine. The letter went to the governor, health department

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County’s poll workers receive training before election

People, who have committed to being Nodaway County poll workers in the November 3 general election, met for training October 23. The group gathered at the Nodaway County Administration Center where Nodaway County Clerk Melinda Patton, who serves as the county election authority, went over the equipment they would be issued, the procedure manual, and

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