Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nodaway County is ready to host its eighth annual Adopt-A-Family Holiday Gift Drive. Each year businesses and individuals around the county donate to this event, with gifts going to the families of the matched children. Last year, this drive resulted in 14 donors providing Christmas gifts for 23 families.
At the October 10 Skidmore City Council meeting, the aldermen discussed the next steps to take in clearing the alley by city hall. Mayor Tracy Shewey said she would double-check with the city attorney on whether or not an additional notice needed to be sent to resident Rick Stanton to remove the blockage. She stated
The Clearmont City Council had a roomful of residents for a couple of topics the council did address during the October 15 meeting. Faye Smith and son, Mike Smith, addressed a past issue with low water pressure that was corrected in 2016. The Smiths were asking the council to review their procedure and costs of
The Maryville City Council approved minutes of meetings dating back to August 12 mostly dealing with budget work, strategic planning and executive sessions during the October 14 regular meeting. The short agenda had two contracts approved for the coming year: Nodaway County Economic Development, $65,500, which will address retail development and Northwest Missouri Regional Council
On October 9, West Nodaway School District announced the receipt of a $10,000 Bayer Fund’s America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education grant. The grant will be used to fund Project Lead the Way STEM curriculum for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. At the presentation were teachers Jennifer McGinness and Shayli Larabee, Bayer representative Craig Stiens,
The organization, Ten Squared Men on a Mission, gave their quarterly gift to St. Francis Hospital Foundation. Those present for the check-passing photo were Larry Mannasmith, Debbie Hoffman, Megan Jennings, John Teale, Doug Sutton and Nate Blackford, who are representatives of the organization, the foundation and Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville. The monies are expected
“The Maryville High School girls tennis team (District Team Champions) is playing for the sectional championship this week with a 12-5 record. The Spoofhounds are among 3,644 players in the state of Missouri. North Central states lead in per capita girls tennis participation. There are 189,436 girls high school tennis players in the U.S., according
Northwest Missouri State University has a total enrollment of 7,104 this fall, an increase of 3.6 percent from a year ago, according to results of the university’s fall census. The total headcount represents the third-highest enrollment in the institution’s history and its fourth above 7,000. Additionally, the university maintains a high retention rate with 76
Hopkins City Clerk Dee O’Riley has returned to work and attended the October 7 city council meeting. She reported she is trying to catch the city up on paperwork. O’Riley is not able to work every day. She plans to write a letter to one of two nuisance ordinance complaints from the September meeting. One
The South Nodaway R-IV Board of Education met in open and closed sessions on September 18 to handle the following school district business. Laurie Ringgold was hired as a cook for the school district. High School Principal Dustin Skoglund reported there are only four students in the academic lab because of grades. This is lower
