This Week's News

Truett Haer selected for state academic honor

High school senior Truett Haer of Maryville High School has been selected for the 2023 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2023. Students will be recognized at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, on Sunday, April 30. The

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Hopkins approves resurfacing throughout town

At the April 3 Hopkins City Council meeting, bids from Mid-America Road Builders, Platte City were approved. To repair the corner south of the cafe, a bid of $5,035.30 was accepted. The city also accepted the bid for $7,789.60 to repair the parking area at the cafe. The aldermen thought it was worth the investment

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Maryville’s Orschelns to become Tractor Supply

Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, recently announced the Maryville location of Orscheln Farm & Home has begun its transition to Tractor Supply. The initial phase includes rolling out Tractor Supply’s Neighbor’s Club rewards program, which provides a number of enhanced benefits and offers for customers. The Maryville store

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North Star Advocacy Center welcomes crowd to fundraiser

The first annual fundraiser for the North Star Advocacy Center on March 30 packed the Rose Hill Event Center for the evening’s fun activities equaling $22,000. The program, including a buffet meal by B&G Catering, a paddle auction, silent auction, testimonies from a domestic assault survivor and a sexual assault survivor, was highlighted with North

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Clearmont council approves mowing bid

At the March 21 Clearmont City Council meeting, it was approved for Danny Evans to mow the city parks and buildings’ lots for $125 per mowing. The city also received a certificate of recognition from workman’s comp for being accident free for the last 10 years. Brenda Snodderley presented a rotation schedule to flush fire

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Rotary gives Bingo-chili proceeds to Maryville Marching Band

The passing of the check was held at a recent Maryville Rotary Club meeting with Maryville Marching Band Director Tim Gilham and senior band members, Cassidy Kline, Abigail Seipel, Tyler Jones, Clara Viau, receiving over $1,400 from Maryville Rotary Club President Justin Duncan garnered during the recent fundraiser.

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Northwest increasing awareness of sexual violence in April

Northwest Missouri State University will take part in Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout the month of April with a series of educational activities and programs to raise awareness of sexual assault and prevent sexual violence. The nationwide theme for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in 2023 focuses on “Drawing Connections: Prevention Demands Equity.” The campaign calls

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Tourism Committee elects officers

The Maryville Tourism Committee, March 15, the first meeting since December 2022, elected officers for the upcoming year. Josh McKim was re-elected president. Jordyn Greenhaw was elected vice-president. Neither was at the meeting. University representative Greg Hansen had been approached by the Maryville High School after-prom committee about renting Hughes Fieldhouse. The after-prom committee is

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Senior Center didn’t pursue acquiring a spring intern

At the March 15 Nodaway County Senior Citizens Senate meeting, board members questioned why the Administrator Amie Firavich had not obtained a spring intern from Northwest Missouri State University. Because of the turnover of staff and the need to train the new staff, Firavich had not applied for a new intern. She plans to look

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Parks board approves background checks on coaches

At the March 20 Maryville Parks and Recreation meeting, it was approved by the board for background checks to be done for all youth programs coaches. Any coach that does more than one sport will only have one annual check. At the start of the meeting, Nathan Stone was recognized by the board as the

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