‘Amazing’ Liz makes TV debut

What started out as a simple Instagram post of her dog, Trixie, became a life-changing experience for 25-year-old Liz Espey, Maryville. It was in February 2016 when she received a call asking if she would consider appearing on the CBS television show “The Amazing Race.” “I thought it was a joke or maybe a scam,

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Northeast Nodaway BOE

Northeast Nodaway R-V’s board of education met with architects to discuss track designs during its regular meeting March 16. Senior Associate Project Manager Patrick Smith, Incite Design Studios, Kansas City, which specializes in building architecture, and Owner/Landscape Architect Vance Rzepka, VSR Design, Overland Park, KS, which focuses on landscape design, addressed board members about the

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Home Show showcases businesses

The Northwest Missouri Home and Better Living Show will be from 10 am to 2 pm, Sunday, March 26, at the Maryville Community Center, 1407 North Country Club, Maryville. The show is free and open to the public. Some of the vendors attending the show will be Maryville Daily Forum, Local 26 Freedom of Road

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Edward Meyer

Edward Francis Meyer, 82, Miami, OK, formerly of Maryville, died Thursday, December 15, 2016. Funeral services were December 28, 2016, at the Miami Senior Center, Miami, OK. Memorials may be made to Friends of the Library, 200 North Main, Miami, OK 74354; Miami Senior Center, 2104 Denver Harner Drive, Miami, OK 74354; or Integris Hospice,

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Doyle Carpenter

Dana Doyle Carpenter, 87, Maryville, formerly of Elmo, died Monday, March 20, 2017, at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph. Funeral services will be held at 11 am, Friday, March 24 at Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to services on Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be

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Lee Dearmont

Lee Irvin Dearmont, 76, Skidmore, died Friday, March 17, 2017, at Maryville Living Center, Maryville. Funeral services will be at 10 am, Saturday, March 25 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, with burial in Burr Oak Cemetery, Skidmore. Graveside services will be  provided by Missouri Military Honors and James Edward Gray American Legion Post #100. Memorials

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William Sobbing

William Raymond Sobbing, 67, Bedford, IA, died Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at his home. Funeral services were Saturday, March 18 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, with burial in White Oak Cemetery, Pickering. Online condolences may be left at pricefuneralhomemaryville.com. Arrangements were under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

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Maryville receives high ranking for industrial development

Maryville and Nodaway County Economic Development (NCED) recently announced that Maryville is ranked 18th for industrial development among micropolitans out of 535 nationwide by Site Selection Magazine. This year’s designation follows up last year’s 10th-place ranking by Site Selection Magazine. A micropolitan is a community with a population of at least 10,000 and no more

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Geography with Goudge

2017 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball March Madness is now down to the Sweet Sixteen. This proportional-symbol map displays the teams that have amassed the highest AP Top 25 Poll finishes over the past five years. The largest symbols include Connecticut, Notre Dame, Baylor, South Carolina, Maryland, Stanford and Louisville, all teams that are still

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