The Maryville City Council saved approximately $91,600 as they purchased several pieces of new equipment for less than their budgeted amounts during their regular meeting March 13. It was approved to purchase a Jacobson Turf Cat Mower at $17,195 for Mozingo Lake Recreation Park from Kansas Golf and Turf, Lenexa, KS, which was $8,805 under
A concert in the park series will be held this summer at the Donaldson Westside Park amphitheater. MPR Director Aaron Dobson discussed plans with the Maryville Parks and Recreation Board at the regular meeting on March 2. He and Jordyn Swalley, MPR special events and marketing manager, have been working to organize the summer concert
By Christina Rice Kevin Bradley, a weed scientist from the University of Missouri Extension, spoke to agriculturists on March 2 in the Nodaway County administration building about the extensive damage to Missouri crops in 2016 caused by farmers and spray applicators illegally spraying dicamba formulations on soybeans. Several weeds including water hemp and pig weed
The West Nodaway Board of Education met March 6 to interview candidates for the grades six to 12 principal for the 2017-18 school year. The board hired Walter “Chuck” Fox, the current special education para-educator at WN. His background includes 20 years in the Air Force from which he retired in 2008. Upon his retirement,
At the Hopkins City Council meeting on March 6, the aldermen approved two liquor licenses sought by Amy Larson to sell packaged liquor. Two licenses are required, one to sell liquor Monday through Saturday and the other on Sunday. Larson has leased space from the Smoke Shop in Hopkins and plans to sell liquor there.
Community members interested in learning more about Northwest Missouri State University’s Horace Mann Laboratory School and the Phyllis and Richard Leet Center for Children and Families are invited to an open house from 5 to 6:30 pm, Thursday, March 9. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet with teachers, graduate assistants, students and Bobby Bearcat
Nodaway County Health Department Environmental Health Specialist Larry Wickersham found mold during routine inspections of various food establishments throughout the month of February. St. Gregory’s Barbarigo School, 315 South Davis, high priority Routine inspection February 1. Critical: None observed. Non-critical: Ceiling fan in kitchen area with dusty blades. Gray’s Restaurant, 22479 Highway 71, medium priority
Habitat for Humanity of Nodaway County dedicated its ninth house built in Nodaway County on February 26. Joshua and Alea Mullins and their four children, Elijah, Micah, Isaiah and Calia, are the proud owners of the home at 1315 East Jenkins Street, Maryville. The family took possession of the home after its closing in January.
By Christina Rice Holly Cronk opened her new store, Ferluknat Farm, on February 9. The store’s name is in memory of her pet pig, Arnie. Arnie was a runt that Cronk rescued as a piglet. The farmer brought the pig to school and she kept him in the counselor’s office and the boiler room for
A computing error on the state-assessed railroad and utility levy by county staff resulted in a tax miscalculation that affected all area schools. The capital projects levy for two school districts, Maryville R-II and Northeast Nodaway R-V, was not entered into the software program that calculates the distribution of tax money to the school districts.
