Mary Adkins

Mary Nelle Adkins, 80, died Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at Community Hospital, Fairfax. Funeral services were held Monday, January 8 at Rupp Funeral Home, St Joseph with Pastor Scott Jensen officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rupp Funeral Home.

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Virginia Collins

Virginia P. Collins, 93, January 6, 2018 at Parkdale Manor in Maryville. Graveside funeral services will be at 11 am, Wednesday, January 10 at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Maryville. No visitation is scheduled. Memorials can be made to Children’s Mercy Department of Philanthropy Attn: Cancer Center, 2401 Gilham Rd., Kansas City, MO 64155 or SSM Health Hospice

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SSM Health Medical Group earns national honor for patient care

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced that SSM Health Medical Group clinics of Maryville, Savannah and Bedford, IA, have received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long-term, participative relationships.  The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care

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Maryville BOE

The Maryville R-II School Board conducted the following business during its regular meeting on December 20: The school board approved the expansion of the early childhood program, which will add an additional classroom of 20 students as well as a preschool special education classroom. They voted to add the positions of an early childhood director

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Northeast Nodaway BOE

The Northeast Nodaway R-V School Board approved a policy restricting homeschooled and other non-traditional students from playing sports and participating in extracurricular activities during its regular meeting December 21. Last month, the school board adopted a policy allowing non-traditional students such as homeschooled students to participate in district activities due to new MSHSAA regulations allowing

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Northwest student dies as result of accident at local business, Maryville man charged with felony involuntary manslaughter

A Northwest Missouri State University student died early Sunday as a result of injuries she suffered in a vehicle accident at a local business. Morgan McCoy, a sophomore elementary education major from Liberty, died as a result of injuries she suffered when a vehicle crashed into The Palms at about 12:40 am on Sunday. McCoy, who was inside the

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Spoofhounds fall to Lafayette 65-43.

The Maryville High School boys basketball team battle against Lafayette ended with a loss. Jalen Sundell reaches in front of an opponent to score. Sundell led the Spoofhounds in scores with 10 points. For more photos and information, see the printed Nodaway News Leader.

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Tri-C continues mentoring program

By Kathryn Rice The Tri-C mentoring program has affected the lives of Jefferson students, adults and Conception Seminary students since its founding in 2001. Sponsored by the Tri-C Coalition, which combines the citizens of Clyde, Conception and Conception Jct. in Nodaway County, it is one of many youth-focused projects undertaken by the coalition during its

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Mozingo Conference Center opens

The new conference center located at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park held an official ribbon cutting ceremony on January 2. Guests viewed the facility, ceremony and dined on appetizers provided by the city. During the ceremony City Manager Greg McDanel announced that staff had chosen The Farmhouse, owned by Michael Foust in Kansas City, to be

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