Forum Flashbacks

5 years ago Northwest Missouri State University education majors, along with a group of children in first through sixth grades, recently helped fill holiday dinner tables for local families in need through a service partnership linking the campus and a local church. Students from Northwest’s School of Education worked last month with youngsters taking part…

5 years ago Nodaway County Economic Development and the City of Maryville announced Monday that the owners of a closed manufacturing facility on Wilson Industrial Road just east of town plan to reopen the plant sometime next month under the name Maryville Carbon Solutions. According to a joint NCED/city/MCS release, the facility, designed to produce…

5 years ago When Karma Coleman leaves the Nodaway-Holt R-VII School District in June, a northwest Missourian – and former classmate – will be ready to take the reins. Dr. Jeff Blackford will be returning to Nodaway County to take over the position of superintendent at Nodaway-Holt on July 1. Blackford has been serving as…

5 years ago Local resident Evie Church has been honored by Community Blood Center for spearheading blood drive efforts that resulted in Maryville being named the top community in the region for units collected during 2015. CBC Account Manager Betty Tinker recently presented Church with the Kansas City-based blood bank’s Top Organization award for her…

5 years ago North Missouri lawmakers are weighing in on a reported attempt by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe to change the name of the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, a large federal nature preserve near Mound City about an hour southwest of Maryville. According to news reports, Ashe has proposed the…

5 years ago At 13 years old, Max Steinke was a student in Maryville just writing some music. Two years later, he stepped into the studio for the first time. Now 20 years old, the rapper who performs under the stage name “MAD MAX” has penned a one-record contract with Bentley Records, which is owned…

5 years ago The Freedom Rock has arrived. With a group of area Lions Club members looking on late Thursday morning, a crew from J.L. Houston Co., with an assist from Nodaway County Road and Bridge Department personnel, used a rolling crane and a “lowboy” implement trailer to move a 34-ton boulder from the Bernard…

Nov. 25-Dec. 1 5 years ago Dr. Kanti Havaldar, along with his wife, Kokila, and the couple’s family were recently recognized for making a $25,000 gift to the St. Francis Hospital Foundation, which serves as the fundraising arm for SSM Health St. Francis Hospital. The donation will go toward efforts to implement the hospital’s facilities…

5 years ago While the traditional holiday shopping season doesn’t start until after the turkey starts getting cold on Thanksgiving, you couldn’t tell it by the size of the crowd that flocked Saturday to the Maryville Community Center to scoop up gift-worthy goodies during the fourth annual Maryville Parks & Recreation Christmas Craft and Vendor…

5 years ago Even after a low bid from E.L. Crawford Construction came in $1.7 million over budget, there never was much doubt the City of Maryville was going to proceed with building a conference center and golf course clubhouse at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. … Earlier this fall, after Crawford’s $5.7 million bid came…