At the December 8 Maryville City Council meeting, change orders for the Concrete Panel Replacement Project and Downtown Pedestrian Alleyway Project were authorized. A change order with JD Bishop Construction, St. Joseph, was accepted for the additional cost of $15,972.10 for the concrete panel project. The order is due to adjusted quantities identified during construction.

Members of the Groumoutis family gathered to celebrate 50 years of A&G Restaurant, 208 North Main, Maryville December 5. The City of Maryville honored the restaurant owners, Sue and George Groumoutis with a proclamation, read by Mayor Dannen Merrill during the presentation. Several other city leaders as well as the Maryville Chamber of Commerce were

The Nodaway Valley Thunder Boys and Girls Basketball squads both competed in close championship games in the finale of the Platte Valley Invitational December 5 at Bearcat Arena. The girls took down DeKalb 35-34 after a last second

By Kathryn Rice This Christmas season, the Nodaway News Leader is featuring local restaurants, with the owners sharing Christmas memories, tips and a recipe that can be made by readers at home. These restaurants are some of the advertisers who have sponsored the NNL’s monthly church directory. Our second article is from Misty Shipley, manager of Kiss

An annual coyote hunt is in the planning for the Graham area. Sign-up for the event will begin at 5 pm with the hunt to start at 7 pm, Friday, December 19 through 7 pm, Saturday, December 20 at the Graham Coon Club located at  18172 335th Street, Graham. Organizers, led by Chris Salinas and Matt

By Morgan Guyer Worth County Football, now a co-op with Northeast Nodaway, has been one of the best programs in Missouri 8-Man for several years, and they returned to the top December 4 in St. Joseph, defeating Rock Port 56-46 to take home the title. It was revenge for Worth County after losing 26-34 at

Maryville Chamber of Commerce announced the winner, Something Borrowed, of the 2025 Christmas Window Contest. Drive by 103 South Main to see the festive windows they created. The Chamber suggests to keep going to see all the Christmas windows created by our participants including Local Laundry, Maryville City Hall, The Perk, Northwest Missouri Regional Council

The students of Alpha Psi Omega (APO), Northwest Missouri State University’s theatre honor society, are traveling again this winter to perform “The Day the Crayons Quit: An Unofficial Adaptation” at area elementary schools. The play, based on the book written by Drew Daywalt and adapted by Patt Collings, is about a girl who discovers her

The West Nodaway FFA will hold a breakfast from 8 am to noon, Sunday, December 14 at the WN High School Cafeteria. The freewill donation meal is serving biscuits and gravy, eggs, sausage, pancakes, orange juice and coffee.