Jennifer Gutierrez pegged Northwest Missouri State University as her dream school after connecting with representatives of the university at a college fair in her hometown of Omaha, NE, and this fall, with the help of the American Dream Grant, which covers 100 percent of tuition and fees for eligible students, her dream is a reality.
The Maryville City Council agreed to extend the work release program with the Maryville Treatment Center during its regular meeting September 13. The program provides a work program for six offenders serving time at the treatment center. The offenders will work from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Some of the work duties
By Kay Wilson The Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging is the governmental entity which develops and administers a plan for the senior population in Northwest Missouri’s 18 counties. Most importantly, this agency allocates state and federal funding to senior centers for nutrition services. Funding to the agency has grown in recent years seeing a
On September 14, Downtown Maryville hosted its second-ever piccadilly with a “Queen of Hearts” theme at the Maryville Country Club. More than 100 women, 75 businesses and 35 volunteers attended to support the efforts of the Missouri Main Street organization, which is striving to improve the historic square of Downtown Maryville. More than $14,000 was
Kinion Bankston, owner of Southern Boyz Outdoors, served Louisiana jambalaya and fresh alligator during Big Bird’s Bait and Bows second annual open house, hosted by owners Big Bird and Jenell Ciak on September 13. The Ciaks befriended Bankston, who is from Pumpkin Center, LA. The Louisiana native visits Grant City to hunt each year. Bankston
The Mozingo Advisory Board approved the increase of cabin rental prices at Mozingo Lake Recreational Park during its regular meeting September 18. If approved by the Maryville City Council, campers can expect to see an approximate 10-percent increase in cabin prices. Each cabin has its own price. Staff is hopeful the increase will help with
Everyone who lives in or visits this city has a reason they’ve chosen Maryville. Downtown Maryville is asking community citizens to identify what it is that makes Maryville special, and to come up with a slogan or phrase that defines it. Downtown Maryville is an organization made up of local business people with the common
Approximately 100 people, including more than two dozen motorcyclists, attended First Christian Church in Burlington Jct. on September 10 for a biker Sunday. The congregation invited members of the local Christian Motorcycle Association Chapters (CMA) to come. CMA area representatives David and Kim Sampson, Trenton, shared their testimony. A collection was taken for the CMA
The Maryville Fire Department hosted a memorial service honoring firefighters and first responders who lost their lives due to the terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York City on September 11, 2001. The service also honored the men and women who serve in the armed forces. In his speech, Fire Chief Phil Rickabaugh
The West Nodaway Ministerial Alliance is in need of donations to help families in need through the winter. The Ministerial Alliance works to share the light of Christ throughout the community by offering families in need financial emergency assistance, funding the angel tree project which provides food boxes for families at Christmas and giving Bibles
