At the February 13 Skidmore City Council meeting, the first and second reading of an ordinance was made to appoint a city attorney and Ordinance #Attorney 2020 was approved. A COVE heating system will be installed at city hall by S & S Contracting. The project is not to exceed $1,500. The current credit card
While there was little good news within City Manager Greg McDanel’s water system report presented to the Maryville City Council February 24, the details of the city staff’s information gathering was extensive. The following are the highlights of the report. • The pseudanabaena algae counts remain elevated. • No detections of toxins are present in
The Children and Family Center of Northwest Missouri, located at 1220 East Second, Maryville, will now officially be known as North Star Advocacy Center. The name change has been a work in progress for many months and staff members are extremely excited to be sharing the news. “The original idea for changing the name from
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
