The Jefferson school board met January 16 to address the following business. • Adopted the 2018D policy updates as presented. • Approved the first semester dual credit reimbursements, excluding Laura Galbraith, Veronica Luke and Jared McQueen. • Approved the 2019-2020 calendar. • Authorized the purchase of a used 72 passenger bus from Midwest Transit. Reports

The South Nodaway R-IV Board of Education met in open and closed session to handle the following school district business. The board approved hiring a social worker for the school district beginning with the 2019-20 school year. Discussion was held on the roles of school counselors, social workers and psychologists. Counselor Nick Wray, who was

The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education met in open and two closed sessions on January 16 to handle the following school district business. It was announced by the baseball project committee the City of Burlington Jct. received a $75,000 Gladys Rickard Trust grant for the city’s baseball field improvements. As soon as weather permits,

The North Nodaway R-VI Board of Education met in open and closed session on January 16 to handle the following school district business. The preliminary 2019-20 school year calender was reviewed. Even with the state change to attendance hours, instead of days, Superintendent James Simmelink went with 170 days of student attendance. This will allow

Kevin Henry of Jackson RMI Insurance met with the Nodaway County Senior Center Board of Directors at the January 16 meeting to discuss the senior center’s insurance. The center’s insurance is carried through Missouri Rural Services, a company which covers other senior centers, non-profits and governmental entities. Henry stated the company offered the best pricing

The Northeast Nodaway School Board of Education met on January 16 to address the following. After approval of the minutes from the December BOE meeting and the bills for the month, Interim Superintendent Jason McDowell recognized board members with a certificate of thanks as part of the upcoming School Board Appreciation Week. McDowell thanked the

The 2018-19 AP (Associated Press) NFL All-Pro Team was recently announced. Twenty-eight players representing 14 states and Australia were named to the 1st Team and are mapped based on where they went to high school. The ‘Best of the Best’ hailed from the ‘rust belt,’ the Deep South and West Coast. The states of California

The Nodaway-Holt R-VII Board of Education met in regular session on January 16. Board action from the submitted draft minutes noted the following action: • Rescinded board policies GCPC and GDPC and adopted the GBAC. They amended the BBB, BBBB, DC, DG, DJFA, GB, GBEBC, IC, IGAEB, IGBB, IKE, IKF, IL, JECC, JHD and KB

The Maryville board of education met on January 16 to address the following business items. • Within the consent agenda, which was accepted, was a list of items deemed as surplus and an agreement with Northwest Missouri State University for university students to receive field experience under the supervision of a certified school counselor. •

Curtis and Abi Lewis, Graham, announce the birth of a daughter, Avery Coleen, born Thursday, December 27, 2018, at SSM Health – St. Francis Hospital, Maryville. She weighed nine pounds and six ounces. Maternal grandparents are Scott and Sarah Cole, Bolckow. Paternal grandparents are Rodney and Brenda Lewis, Graham. Maternal great-grandparents are Robert and Dolores