The NOCOMO Board of Directors were finally able to meet on February 26. The meeting had been postponed three times because of snowstorms. The sheltered workshop’s late starts and no work days correspond with Maryville R-II and the workshop had missed several days. Altogether, Manager Nicki Samson said there had been 14 altered work days

The Nodaway-Holt R-VII Board of Education met in open and closed sessions on February 27 to handle the following school district business: In closed session, the board extended contracts for the 2020-21 school year to Elementary Principal Shawn Emerson and High School Principal Mike Hollingsworth. Katelyn Holmes was hired as ag instructor and Blakely Deal

Northwest Technical School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter was scheduled to attend district competition on February 8 at Northwest Missouri State University. But the competition was cancelled due to weather, so the students placed based on their prejudged scores for all events. FBLA competition provides students who are interested in business the chance to

South Nodaway High School is now part of the Amazon Future Engineer program and will receive funding from Amazon to start offering computer science classes to students during the 2019-20 school year. South Nodaway is one of over 1,000 high schools currently signed up for the national program aimed at making computer science accessible to

Northeast Nodaway Principal/Interim Superintendent Jason McDowell was awarded the 2019 Missouri Exemplary New Principal from the northwest region on March 4. This award is given by the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals (MASEP). To be eligible for this award, candidates have to be a principal in their second or third year of service. McDowell

The Nodaway County Health Center food establishment inspection reports for February given by a department official: Eight Point Grill, 523 North Main Street, Maryville, medium priority Routine inspection February 1 Priority: Bare hand contact with hamburger buns, Clorox cleaner stored over pancake mix on dry storage shelving, both corrected on site. Core: Handsink plumbing backing

Now that March is here (maybe spring will follow) it’s time to turn our attention to college basketball. This week’s AP Top 25 Poll is mapped by proportional symbols. Gonzaga leads the way, followed by Virginia, North Carolina, Duke and Tennessee. Gonzaga, in the west, is the lone exception to the traditional eastern basketball powers

The Nodaway County Senior Center is looking for kitchen volunteers as well as volunteer drivers for the home-delivered meals program. The center needs volunteers in the kitchen from 9:45 to 11:15 am, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The duties include packing and sealing home delivered meals and filling the serving line with condiments and other items