County officials vote to raise salaries in 2019

Nodaway County elected officials met during the Salary Commission meeting November 28 and voted on the motion to raise their salaries four percent. This vote is under advisement from the attorney contracted by the Nodaway County Commissioners. There were questions as to whether the majority of the 10-member quorum present voted in the affirmative. Those

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School events for the week of December 3 to 9

Sunday • St. Gregory’s Holiday Fun Fest, noon • Jefferson 4-H Winter Celebration, 1 pm • Jefferson PAT Christmas Sale, 2 pm • MHS football banquet Monday • MMS B Team BB – Spring Garden Tourney begins • Nodaway-Holt, Platte Valley, West Nodaway JH BB – 275 Tourney • MMS Life Skills to NWMSU, 9:45

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Carroll Coulter

Carroll J. Coulter, 69, Conception Jct., died Saturday, November 25, 2017, at his home. Services were November 30 at Bram Funeral Home, Maryville, with burial in Miriam Cemetery, Maryville. Memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left at bramfunerlhome.com. Arrangements were under the direction of Bram Funeral Home, Maryville.

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Sr. Jean Dolan, OSB

Sr. Jean Frances Dolan, OSB, 80, died Monday, November 27, 2017, at Our Lady of Rickenbach, Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde. Services are at 9 am, Saturday, December 2 at Clyde Chapel, with burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Clyde. Vigil will be 7 pm, Friday, December 1 at Clyde Chapel. Online condolences may be

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Intersection work wrapping up in Maryville

MARYVILLE – Any motorists who have traveled through the intersection of US Route 71 and Main Street this fall have seen construction work to realign the intersection and upgrade the signals.   That portion of this project is in its final stages with asphalt work, striping and a traffic pattern switch planned in the next

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Jefferson dedicates gym

Jefferson C-123 held a dedication ceremony for its new gym after the girls basketball game on November 21. Junior Koby Stoll, son of Randy and Lori Stoll, bestowed a basketball to Jeff Ellison, Ellison-Auxier Architects, St. Joseph, principal architect, Eric Moore, EL Crawford Construction, St. Joseph, vice president and project manager, and Rick Steiner, EL

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Geography with Goudge

This FBS or major college player production-by-position map based on where 2,348 defensive backs attended high school indicates a strong regional concentration in the Deep South or Pigskin Cult. Four states, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, have values over three times the national average. Eighteen states have a per-capita value over the national norm of

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Maryville leases land for Mozingo monument sign

The Maryville City Council passed an ordinance to lease one acre of land from the Maryville Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to build a monument sign for the Mozingo Lake and Recreational Park during its regular meeting November 27. MIDC purchased nearly 21 acres on the corner of Liberty Road and Highway 136. The city wants

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Recorder to hold open house

Nodaway County Recorder of Deeds Sandy Smail is hosting an open house for the general public from 1 to 3 pm, Wednesday, December 6. The past year, the Nodaway County commissioners gave Smail $45,000 for book restoration. Many of the books in the recorder of deeds office are in dire need of repair. Many of

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