By Christina Rice Maryville Public Safety Sergeant Ryan Glidden applied for a Gladys M. Rickard Charitable Trust grant which provided scuba gear and an inflatable rescue boat for the Midwest Regional Dive Team. The dive team provides water searches and rescues to communities ranging from up to 100 miles away from Clarinda, IA. They are
Several Nodaway and Holt County farmers recently felt a calling to aid fellow livestock ranchers in Oklahoma after the devastating wildfires. They began gathering a few bales of hay to truck to Gate, OK. The mission grew into nine semi-loads of hay, a hopper of shelled corn and a semi-truck full of miscellaneous aid items.
By Kay Wilson “To those that say small town retailers cannot compete with the internet, big box stores and big city ad blitzes, I say read this book!” Gregg Connell, Shenandoah, IA, Chamber and Industry Association executive vice president. In 2014, when General Motors dealer Doug Meyer heard several Shenandoah business owners questioning their business
By Christina Rice Renowned motivational speaker and life coach Jeff Yalden inspired students and community members through his message March 8. Yalden travels the world. He has visited 48 countries and all 50 states. He speaks to teens, inspiring them to move forward in life, take advantage of opportunities that come along and help their
Missouri Academy students are working on creating a working prosthetic hand to help others. The Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing is a college program offered at Northwest Missouri State University for students who are of high school age who qualify. Those who are accepted live on the college campus and attend university classes
By Christina Rice Kevin Bradley, a weed scientist from the University of Missouri Extension, spoke to agriculturists on March 2 in the Nodaway County administration building about the extensive damage to Missouri crops in 2016 caused by farmers and spray applicators illegally spraying dicamba formulations on soybeans. Several weeds including water hemp and pig weed
The West Nodaway Board of Education met March 6 to interview candidates for the grades six to 12 principal for the 2017-18 school year. The board hired Walter “Chuck” Fox, the current special education para-educator at WN. His background includes 20 years in the Air Force from which he retired in 2008. Upon his retirement,
At the Hopkins City Council meeting on March 6, the aldermen approved two liquor licenses sought by Amy Larson to sell packaged liquor. Two licenses are required, one to sell liquor Monday through Saturday and the other on Sunday. Larson has leased space from the Smoke Shop in Hopkins and plans to sell liquor there.
Habitat for Humanity of Nodaway County dedicated its ninth house built in Nodaway County on February 26. Joshua and Alea Mullins and their four children, Elijah, Micah, Isaiah and Calia, are the proud owners of the home at 1315 East Jenkins Street, Maryville. The family took possession of the home after its closing in January.
By Christina Rice Holly Cronk opened her new store, Ferluknat Farm, on February 9. The store’s name is in memory of her pet pig, Arnie. Arnie was a runt that Cronk rescued as a piglet. The farmer brought the pig to school and she kept him in the counselor’s office and the boiler room for
