By Kathryn Rice Maryville has a new hidden gem which provides youth baseball a private, little-league-sized field located off of South Mulberry in the southern part of Maryville. The field is owned by Ben and Tiffany Scott and Ed and Diane Higdon. The project started when the Maryville Knights, consisting of three youth baseball teams
AP Top 25 All-Time Football Rankings “Many major college football (FBS) programs will not be playing this fall. Instead of anticipating the upcoming season we will focus on the past. This week’s proportional symbol map was compiled from 84 years (1936-2019) of the longest running rankings service, the Associated Press (AP). The All-Time greatest include
Nodaway County Health Department Administrator, Tom Patterson, announces five individuals residing in Nodaway County, Missouri have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). There are now 257 confirmed cases for Nodaway County; all 257 cases have had a positive test and are only counted once in the case count. There are currently 65 active cases,
The Maryville City Council had a brief meeting August 10 with several contracts to authorize including one with Herzog Contracting Corp., St. Joseph, for improvements to South Main from Halsey to Lincoln Streets. On July 29, Maryville received bid approval from MoDOT through the STP small-urban program to award the project to Herzog. not to
The Burlington Jct. City Council developed a financial calendar for the leadership to understand when certain bond payments will be due in 2020-21 at the August 11 meeting. City Clerk Angie Lightner and Mayor Dean Kelly presented the payment schedule to an appreciative council. At the end of August, a $4,200 payment for the interconnection
The Mozingo Lake BBQ competition, a Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned event is still a go for Labor Day weekend, September 4 – 6, on The Point at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. The event is a partnership between the Nodaway County Fair and Mozingo Lake. The BBQ event coordinators have been working with KCBS, the City
Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Walker, Bob Stiens, Chris Burns, associate commissioners; Lorraine O’Donnell, deputy county clerk. Burns made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Stiens made a motion to approve prior commission minutes dated
Maryville High School Vocal Music Teacher Vanessa Parsons has been recognized by her peers and been named as the 2020 Outstanding Choral Director for the northwest district. The award was presented by the Missouri Choral Directors Association (MCDA) and awarded at the virtual convention held this year. MCDA presents several awards each year including the
Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization, released their annual “Map the Meal Gap” study. The study of food insecurity information details for Nodaway County sees a projected 2020 for children up to 18 years old at 26.4 percent. The overall food insecurity rate for the county population is projected at 19.4 percent for
The US Small Business Administration compiled the list of all federal payouts to businesses through the 2020 Paycheck Protection Program. The program granted monies to businesses who vowed to keep its workers on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. If the business did, then the monies sent from the SBA used for eligible expenses would
