United Fiber, headquartered in Savannah, has experienced four major internet and phone service outages, affecting over 11,500 customers in Northwest Missouri, within the last two weeks. Darren Farnan, chief development officer of United Electric Cooperative, which is the parent company of United Fiber, identified the problem with the intermittent and shut-down service being an electronic
Optimist International has announced a new Optimist Photography Contest for 2020. The Optimist Club of Maryville will participate in this new program for student photographers. Open to elementary through high school students, the contest focuses on introducing students to the Optimist Creed and the artistic expression of the creed through photography. Students are asked to
Northwest Missouri State University, along with the National Weather Service, the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and local emergency management offices, will participate in the annual statewide tornado drill at 10 am, Tuesday, March 3, as part of Missouri Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 2 – 6. Northwest encourages campus-wide participation in the drill,
AP Top 25 Women’s Division I Basketball Rankings “Now that February is almost gone (maybe spring will follow) it’s time to turn our attention to college basketball and the excitement of March Madness. This week’s AP Top 25 Women’s Poll is mapped by proportional symbols. South Carolina leads the way, followed by Baylor, Oregon, Stanford,
The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education met in open and two closed sessions on February 12 to handle the following school district business. In closed session, the board approved the hiring of Valerie Cowden as elementary secretary for the 2020-21 school year at $13.97 per hour. Melissa Cook’s resignation as 2019-20 varsity basketball cheer
The Nodaway County Health Center Board of Directors tabled the fourth reading of the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, or CAFO, until the May 20 meeting when hopefully a full board will be present. It will also be after the April 7 election. The board is looking at pending court actions in other parts of the
Jonathan Eckstein, Peoples Service representative, shared his quarterly report about Clearmont’s sewer and water systems during the monthly meeting of the Clearmont City Council February 18. Eckstein stated the water and sewer testing was within the normal perimeters. He also shared that he had learned more about the sewer pivot practices and the irrigation pumps
At the February 17 meeting, the Burlington Jct. City Council looked to better days ahead by the sale of water to the Public Water Supply of Nodaway County (Rural Water); plus the increase of water and sewer rates will keep the town solvent. With the daily water sale of 15,000-20,000 gallons to Rural Water, Alliance,
Several of the Nodaway County elected positions will be placed on the Primary Election and General Election ballots later this year. The following offices will be voted on this year: south district associate commissioner, north district associate commissioner, public administrator, sheriff, assessor, collector-treasurer, coroner and surveyor, The Nodaway News Leader has had articles for several
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently congratulated Tye Halley, Maryville, for catching a new state-record yellow perch. Halley, son of Jenni and the late Brian Haley and a sophomore at Maryville High, was fishing on a private pond in Nodaway County when he caught the one pound, 14 ounce fish using the pole-and-line method.
