Missouri’s Department of Economic Development presented the final guidelines for application of a small business grant program during a recent webinar’s town hall training. The funding for the grant, which begins to accept applications beginning at 10 am, Wednesday, November 16 is derived from America Recovery Plan Act (ARPA). The program will provide assistance to
The Maryville Public Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program graduated 11 children as the largest class to date. The early literacy program was launched in January 2018 and is designed to give babies and toddlers the best start possible on lifelong reading and learning skills. This year graduates are: Henry Dimmitt, son of Travis and
At the November 7 Pickering City Council meeting, City Clerk Milt Sovereign informed the council it needs to be looking for a new city clerk and someone to extract non-functioning sewer pumps, especially this winter. The aldermen have agreed to approach some people about the city clerk and everyone is looking for someone to pull
At the November 7 Hopkins City Council meeting, the council decided to start a third checking account to pay part-time employee wages on a weekly basis. Water Operator Chris Bird thinks it will help him to keep part-time laborers. At this time, most of Bird’s helpers are high school students who work two or three
Midwest Assistance Program, Inc. (MAP) is headquartered at 309 East Summit Drive, Maryville. The company, led by Executive Director Mike Brownfield, has 48 staff members in nine states. Brownfield joined MAP in 2009, first as a technical assistance provider and then was promoted to the executive director in 2013. Erin Miller, who has been with
By Kathryn Rice The Pickering Lions Club celebrated its 60th anniversary, November 5 with a pulled pork dinner arranged by Angee Clements. The Pickering Lions were chartered November 29, 1962, with 39 members and was sponsored by the Hopkins Lions Club. The club has been active with Pickering activities. When the Pickering Horse Show committee
The November 8 General Election results saw a Republican sweep of candidates from the top down and the legalization of marijuana as the main points. In Nodaway County, 50.01 percent of the registered voters, 6,539, cast their ballots at the polls or through absentee, which had nearly 800 voters cast an early ballot. Nodaway County
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 760, Maryville, is collecting deer hides to be used for gloves for disabled veterans. Missouri’s 2022 firearm deer season is Saturday, November 12 through Tuesday, November 22. The boxes are located at the Highway 136 Roadhouse, Burlington Jct., Consumers Oil Company, 101 North Depot and the old
Missouri State Representative Allen Andrews presented Nodaway County Assessor Rex Wallace with a signed copy of House Bill No. 220 which allows local communities to keep the tax revenue from wind farms. Wallace was instrumental in creating a formula to assess wind farms and for lobbying the state to allow local tax entities to benefit
More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, November 14 – 21. Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts, filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys, to children worldwide
