Hailee Beemer, Johnna Beemer and James Beemer donate $625 from the Blood, Sweat and Gears car show, sponsored by Beemer’s Muffler Center and Beemer’s Redline Accessories, to Wendy Combs, New Nodaway Humane Society Animal Shelter director. Not pictured: Dakota Beemer, who organized the event. “We want to thank them for choosing our cause to benefit
Local Boy Scout Leader John Campbell attended the National Scout Jamboree held at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve near Glen Jean, WV, in July. For Campbell, who is a program manager, the event is a two and a half week adventure he has been attending since 1997. The Pony Express Council took a
The Nodaway County Health Center board voted to refuse all bids received for the health center’s lift project at the August 23 meeting. With information from the architect, the board had estimated the cost of installing a lift to make the second story of the structure accessible and ADA compliant to be $40,000 to $50,000.
Hope Lutheran Church, Maryville, has been celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation throughout 2017. The Reformation began when a young Augustine monk named Martin Luther posted his thoughts about theological topics and the practices of the Catholic Church to the door of a castle church in Wittenberg, Germany. That simple action on October 31,
Contestants came from all over the Midwest to participate in the annual Ed Phillips Rodeo on August 19. Nodaway-Holt alumni Curtis Eichelmeyer returned to Nodaway County and competed in the calf roping event. Eichelmeyer lives in Clarksville with his wife, Amanda.
Auditors found an error in the April 2017 ballot language, which will cost Independence Township more than $19,000 in tax monies. The voters approved what they believed to be the renewal of an existing 35¢ per $100 of assessed valuation road and bridge tax. However, the ballot language added a decimal and a dash where
The Northwest Missouri State University football team will hold its annual Meet the Bearcats Green and White scrimmage at 7 pm, Thursday, August 24 at Bearcat Stadium. Fans will have an opportunity to meet the seniors and get autographs starting at 5:15 pm. The autograph session will last until approximately 5:45 pm. At that time,
Maryville High School tenth grade students set a record for participation in the DAR Christopher Columbus essay contest with more than 60 students submitting an essay, according to Belva Dawson, contest chairman. Participation certificates were presented to 20 students with the top-rated essays. The winning essay was written by Mason Walk, who received a bronze
Approximately 24 properties in Nodaway County will be auctioned off in the annual tax sale at 10 am, Monday, August 28 in the Nodaway County Administration Center meeting room. Nodaway County Collector Marilyn Jenkins began the process of notifying property owners who were delinquent on their taxes in April, working hard to decrease the list
The Maryville Public Library announced the results of its annual summer reading program held May 30 through July 29. More than 330 youth from birth to 17 took part in the program. A total of 10,641 books were checked out during the challenge. In addition to reading, some of the participants elected to complete challenges
