The Fall Fest fundraiser luncheon will be from 11 am to 1 pm, Saturday, October 5 at the Nodaway County Historical Society Museum, 110 North Walnut Street, Maryville. The menu will be harvest bean soup, vegetable soup or chili, cornbread, pickles and relishes. Dessert will be pumpkin pie or apple pie. Tickets at the door
With the beginning of the new fiscal year being October 1 for the City of Maryville, the city council met September 30 primarily to approve the $31,719,747 budget for 2019-20. The meeting began with a public hearing with the budget as a topic with no citizens to be heard. The next business item was a
Northwest Missouri State University returned a piece of local history, which had gone missing, to its original owners on September 27. The story centers on the fire helmet Dale Mathes wore on the night of July 24, 1979, when he fought the fire that devastated the campus’ Administration Building. Mathes presented the helmet to Northwest’s
The following are events happening around Nodaway County in October: • October 1 – Conception Abbey Community Blood Center Blood Drive at the Saint Maur Room of Conception Abbey, Conception, 1:30 to 6:30 pm. All donors will receive a T-shirt. To donate, go to savealifenow.org/group and enter code AK. For more information, contact David Garcia
Emergency personnel and officials from Nodaway County and Maryville gathered on September 19 in the county commissioners office to further discussions and plans for the combination of the 911 dispatch services. Stacey Gross, SCG Consulting Services, Bellevue, NE, presented the bids received for the necessary equipment with the consolidated center to be housed permanently in
By Kathryn Rice The last year has seen pastoral leadership changes at The Bridge Church, 1122 South Main Street, Maryville. Lead Pastor Chad Mayne and Creative Arts and Children’s Pastor Mark Loeber began their pastoral journey at The Bridge in August 2018. This August, they were joined by Student Ministry Pastor Josh Emmons. Mayne is
With a proud tradition dating back to 1954, Mosaic Medical Center-Albany (MMC-A) – previously Northwest Medical Center and prior to that Gentry County Memorial Hospital – will conclude renovations on its campus and implementation of the Mosaic electronic medical record system with a celebration. Saturday, October 5, from 4 – 7 pm Visit MMC-A as part of
Northwest Missouri State University has named John Coffey the station manager of its award-winning National Public Radio affiliate, KXCV-KRNW. Coffey has 36 years of experience in the broadcasting field, including the last 20 at KXCV-KRNW, where he has served as the station’s news and sports director, playing a central role in its news reporting and
After a closed session for the topic of personnel, the Maryville City Council opened its September 23 meeting with three public hearings. No citizen spoke on any of the issues. Public hearing number one was the franchise agreement with KCP&L. Company representative Royal Turner spoke briefly. The ordinance to execute the franchise contract was approved.
September is National Honey Month and to celebrate the Northwest Missouri Beebusters had members bring samples of their honey, harvested this year, for everyone to try. “It was fun comparing everyone’s honey,” Erin Mullins, Beebuster member, said. “Even though we all live relatively close to each other, the honeys all tasted a little bit differently.
