Forum Flashbacks

5 years ago Maryville residents may have noticed a bright green building on the corner of South Main Street and East Summit Drive where La Bonita Mexican Restaurant used to be. The color was inspired by the bright urban architecture of Mexico according to Ramiro Murillo who plans to open El Nopal Mexican Restaurant at…

15 years ago Questions remain unanswered following a meeting Wednesday concerning a $15.5 million bond proposal and future plans for a Northwest Missouri State University Alumni Center. Nodaway County Commissioners agreed that legal representatives for Northwest Foundation, whose members want to build the alumni center, need to meet with the commissioners and their legal counsel…

5 years ago Horace Mann Laboratory School is putting an emphasis on combining nature and learning with its Outdoor Classroom. Principal Sandy Seipel says she believes giving kids an outdoor area is important in their learning experience. “It is so important for kids to get outside; research tells us that it is important to get…

5 years ago South Nodaway’s High School Scholar Bowl team will be making its way to a national competition this weekend after winning the 275 Conference Scholar Bowl last month. The high school will send seven students on Friday to Rosemont, Illinois, to compete against 150 other Scholar Bowl teams from across the country at…

5 years ago The Maryville R-II School District announced Wednesday morning the appointment of Philip Pohren as the Eugene Field Elementary principal for the 2018/19 school year. According to a school district news release, Pohren is currently the principal of Field Elementary in the Chillicothe R-II School District. He has been a building-level administrator for…

5 years ago Hundreds of bowlers packed Bearcat Lanes Friday night to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nodaway County. BBBS hosted its Bowl for Kids’ Sake event at the bowling alley and was able to raise $40,342. This was $4,000 more than BBBS had aimed to raise at its main annual fundraising event. According…

15 years ago Steven T. Sapp, 29, Tarkio, has been charged with second degree murder as the result of a Sunday night incident in Pickering. Sapp was charged Monday in connection with the death of Steven Allan Leach, 40, Maryville, who was pronounced dead at 11:25 p.m. Sunday at St. Francis Hospital, after allegedly being…

5 years agoAn Early Childhood Center is in the works for the Maryville R-II School District. The center aims to fill the need for focused education of young children. According to Superintendent Becky Albrecht, the center could help at-risk children get help before they reach elementary school. “We put a lot of money into at-risk…

5 years ago The Skidmore Board of Aldermen held a town hall meeting last Thursday to inform residents and voters about an upcoming election issue regarding its water/sewer system. Emily Wicoff, civil engineer with Snyder & Associates Inc., told residents in attendance that the Environmental Protection Agency is being more stringent in its mandate, thus…

5 years ago A large group of Northwest Missouri State University students and faculty members gathered Wednesday morning at the International Plaza to join thousands across the United States participating in a national walkout aimed at bringing awareness to gun violence. Marissa Mallon, president of Northwest’s Young Democrats group, organized the event for the campus.…