United States Senator Claire McCaskill held a town hall event at the Nodaway County Senior Center on October 10. Every individual who attended was given an index card and encouraged to write down any questions they might have for her. McCaskill then had a crowd member draw cards out of the basket at random to
Maryville High School students, Jacob Ginther, Michael Immel, Beau Gillispie, Tobin Cordell and Fritz Lager, compete as part of the Northwest Technical School FFA chapter in a trapshooting event in Smithville on October 7. The school took 37 students to the meet with Justin Firavich earning the highest score by shooting 49/50. Nodaway-Holt’s FFA chapter
The Nodaway County Senior Center is weathering the first month of the privatizing pilot program with several changes at the center. Director Amie Firavich stated that the amount of money lost from the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging was closer to $150,000 than the $100,000 she had originally thought. The senior center is losing
The South Holt/Nodaway-Holt Spartans were unable to match the offensive intensity of the Rock Port Blue Jays October 6 in Graham. The Blue Jays would defeat the Spartans 82-32 late in the fourth quarter to enforce the mercy rule with 3:49 still to play. South Holt/Nodaway-Holt quarterback Eric Ottman scrambles for a much-needed first down in
Jo Ella Gill, 81, Maryville, died Sunday, October 8, 2017, at Maryville Living Center. Services will be at 10:30 am, Tuesday, October 17 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville. Online condolences may be left at pricefuneralhomemaryville.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Maryville.
Peggy Sue Shaw, 44, Burlington Jct., died Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Rock Port. Services will be at 1 pm, Monday, October 16 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville. Online condolences may be left at pricefuneralhomemaryville.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Maryville.
The local Masons will meet at 7:30 pm, Monday, October 16 at the Masonic Lodge on North Main, Maryville.
A Lord’s Acre silent auction and dinner will be held with dinner from 11:30 am to 1 pm, Saturday, October 14 at the Burlington Jct. United Methodist Church. The country store and candy booth will open at 10 am. The free-will donation dinner will feature beef and noodles, chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, vegetables, salads,
The library in Newton Hall, Skidmore, will be open from 10 to 11 am, Saturdays, October 14 and October 28.
During its regular meeting October 9, the Burlington Jct. City Council voted to purchase treats and juice boxes to pass out to West Nodaway students during the school’s trick-or-treating event throughout downtown. In other business, delinquent water payment letters will be sent to renters and landowners warning of potential shut-off. There was a report of
