Leaders from the Downtown Maryville group announced this week ‘“pumpkin palooza” will be added to the annual Fall into Fun event. The Downtown Maryville family-friendly extravaganza, set for September 29 on the Nodaway County Courthouse square, will again feature vendors with homemade and homegrown products. Plus this year, a show-stopping Giant Pumpkin Growing Contest that

Men’s College Ice Hockey Champions, 1990-2023 Last weekend was the 2024 NCAA Men’s Div. I Ice Hockey ‘Frozen Four’. It was held in St. Paul, MN. This proportional symbol map displays the team champions over the last 34 years. Boston College and Denver led with four, followed by Minnesota-Duluth and North Dakota with three each. 

Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at the commissioner’s office. In attendance: Walker, Chris Burns and Scott Walk, associate commissioners and Melinda Patton, county clerk. Burns made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed. Burns made a motion to approve prior commission minutes

At the April 3 Pickering City Council meeting, the aldermen and Mayor Charles Smith discussed street repairs for 2024. Pickering currently has $14,386.35 in the street fund which will not cover all of the repairs needed. Smith talked to Mid-America Road Builders, Platte City. He and a Mid-America representative drove the streets. A bid has

The Maryville Public Library is holding the annual used book sale from 10 am to 5:30 pm, Wednesday through Friday, April 17 to 19; 10 am to 2:30 pm, Saturday, April 20 is $5 a sack day; and 10 am to 5:30 pm, Monday, April 22 is free leftovers.

The Maryville Rotary Club announces the opening of the Bloomin’ Peony Tour event to local vendors for the two-day event. The Bloomin’ Peony Tour is set for Saturday and Sunday, May 18 – 19 at the Hollingsworth Peony farm, located south of Burlington Jct. “We are inviting local vendors with a variety of wares to

The Stanberry Invitational was held on April 5, and the Blue Jay Relays were April 9. North Nodaway, Northeast Nodaway, Platte Valley and Nodaway Valley all competed. Photos and Prep Scoreboard can be found on Page 16 of the NNL.

This year, the Nodaway News Leader received 117 entries of poetry for the judges to enjoy. Photos of the first place winners receiving their certificates and Chamber Bucks can be found on the front page while winning entries, and several other pieces which also placed, can be found on Page 3 of the April 11th

The Maryville Public Library is hosting an adult program, “The basics of photography and composition,” at 6 pm, Thursday, April 18 in the library adult section. The guest speaker is Adam Bochart, Northwest Missouri State University mass media instructor. The presentation is beneficial to adults interested in photography regardless of skill or equipment. Refreshments will