The Nodaway County Health Center Board of Trustees completed the first public reading on September 18 of the proposed revised health ordinance on concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs. Members of the public attending were Terry Ecker, Elmo, and Chad McCollough of FCA Financial. The health center board undertook the revision of ordinance 03152006-02 upon
Northeast Nodaway third graders are rocking kindness. The students have painted colorful rocks with the inscription “NEN Rocks FB.” These have been placed in the Ravenwood and Parnell communities. If someone finds one of the rocks, they are asked to take the time to post about the experience on the class’ Facebook page, “NEN Rocks.”
Northwest Missouri State University Career Services will host its annual part-time job fair Thursday, October 10, to connect individuals with employers offering part-time jobs. The job fair will take place from 2 to 6 pm at the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse. It is open to all students and local residents. “Northwest Missouri is brimming
By Michaela Bowyer Shelbie Moore, born and raised in Burlington Jct., owns and runs the Naked Ladies Cat House, where she breeds and sells hairless cats. Moore spent some of her teenage years living in Dayton, OH, but recently moved back to Burlington Jct. with her boyfriend, Gerald Coffman, to begin her cat breeding business.
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
