Northwest Missouri State University and the Department of Athletics have announced changes to football gameday parking in 2017. These changes will take effect for all five home games to help accommodate fans visiting campus during the construction of the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse. Please note the following options for 2017: Tailgate lots will open
Grace, Paige and Shiloh Bray, daughters of Melissa and Scott Bray, pose with the “duck potato” they grew in their Maryville garden, which looks remarkably like a duck. Grace stated she wanted to eat the potato mashed after they enter it into the Graham Street Fair competition. Save
A Guilford man was sentenced to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on two counts of Felony Child Molestation, 10 years on each count to run consecutively. Sentencing was held for Gerald “Rick” Pedersen, 65, on August 16 before Judge Larry Harman in the Clay County Courthouse following a change of venue from
The tourism committee met on August 9 with eight of the nine members present to discuss budgeting of the expected $143,220 from the bed tax, analysis of resources and what future projects could be completed. The meeting was led by Josh McKim as President Aaron Dobson was unable to attend. The first-year income of $143,220
The Maryville City Council announced its goals for the upcoming fiscal year during the regular meeting August 14, including building a $4 million public safety facility. Other goals include: •South Main Street Improvements Phase I, which will begin at the intersection of South Avenue and continue to approximately the north entrance of Wal-Mart. •Improving city
Maryville Public Safety and NorthwestCell have partnered to bring Allyson Pereira, anti-bullying and sexting awareness advocate, to Maryville to speak to students and the community. Maryville Public Safety Detective Ryan Glidden stated that in the past few years, sexting and bullying have become a problem in all Nodaway County schools. Students have been sending inappropriate
University of Missouri President Dr. Mun Choi visited Northwest Missouri State University for the first time August 3 and later met with community members during a reception at the county administration building. “I wanted to learn more about Northwest Missouri. I knew there was a terrific university here and I wanted to come explore options
At the August 7 meeting of the Pickering City Council, concern was expressed for the safety of children in two different instances. To address the first concern, two “Children at Play” signs will be purchased to be put up on the east end of Sixth Street. In the second instance, the council reaffirmed its decision
Members of the Ravenwood community turned out for the annual Ravenwood Festival on August 5 despite the drizzly rain. Northeast Nodaway students, Colton Swalley, Lane Dack and Ben Boswell, pose with their dog, Tonto, on their “country raised boys”-themed float. For more photos, see the printed Nodaway News Leader.
Crowds came out on August 4 to enjoy the draft horse pull at the three-day Pickering Horse Show. Robert Poole drives as his horses complete the required distance. The big horses were eager to pull in the competition. On August 3, new events were tried for the draft horses. These included an obstacle course, log
