The time to file for candidacy for certain county positions closed March 31. The 2020 elected jobs that are placed on the August Primary ballot as well as the General Election in November and those who filed follows. • North Commissioner Republican candidate: Chris Burns • South Commissioner Republican candidates: Frank Myers, Joe Drake, Scott
Covid-19 Deaths/Population Map “The Johns Hopkins (CSSE) Center for Systems Science and Engineering has developed and hosted an interactive web based dashboard to visualize and track reported COVID-19 cases/deaths in real time. This per capita map, is based on the number of deaths in each state divided by the population of that state (deaths per
Officials of Nodaway County and Maryville have been trying to be proactive with the threat of COVID-19 at the county’s doorstep. With one person in the county testing positive, both government groups have laid out new executive orders to better protect people. Nodaway County Commissioners presented an ordinance concerning emergency management March 19 while Maryville’s
Nodaway County Health Department Administrator, Tom Patterson, announces a Nodaway County, Missouri resident has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by Quest Laboratory. The affected individual is a female between 50-59 years of age and a resident of Nodaway County. The individual is under the care of Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph. The
The Maryville City Council held a public hearing for a special use permit at the new Maryville Public Safety facility at the onset of the March 23 meeting with no public seated in the gallery. The regularly scheduled meeting’s general public were not allowed to address the council in person due to the COVID-19 edict
On March 22, US Attorney Tim Garrison urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline, 1.866.720.5721, or writing to the NCDF email address at disaster@leo.gov. The department of justice is committed to preventing, pursuing, prosecuting, and punishing individuals and businesses that take
As MR2 moves into an extended closure, we are preparing a more specific approach to academic instruction. Please understand during this unprecedented time, we aren’t trying to replicate school. Instead, we are trying our best to keep kids engaged and limit academic slide. For consistency, all teachers are using a template to provide a few
Northwest Missouri State University’s long-awaited Agricultural Learning Center (ALC) at the RT Wright Farm will soon be a reality after the Regents on March 19 gave the go-ahead to award a contract to EL Crawford Construction, St. Joseph, for $8.217 million. The Regents meeting saw several historic firsts including that there are now four female
By Kathryn Rice All Nodaway County schools have implemented a free lunch and breakfast program for the homebound students during the COVID-19 school shutdowns. Information as of March 23: At South Nodaway R-IV, 149 students and children age 18 and under received the meal packages on March 23. The school also sent home Chromebooks, books and, for
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General declared the outbreak of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, advising countries to prepare for the containment, detection, isolation and case management, contact training, and prevention of onward spread of disease; and, WHEREAS, on March
