Forum Flashbacks

5 years ago On a 1-10 scale of ecological disasters, it’s probably about a minus five, but the natural “habitat” along the Peach Creek watershed — a sometimes concrete, sometimes underground, and sometimes mud-banked stream that runs through most of Maryville from north to south — has turned into a headache for City Hall. According…

5 years ago In a dramatic unveiling at Monday night’s City Council meeting, City Manager Greg McDanel and Northwest Missouri State University President John Jasinski proposed a city-campus partnership for construction of a $20 million “Northwest Multipurpose Complex” that would accommodate a wide range of campus and community activities from football to trade shows. Northwest…

5 years ago Maryville Public Safety and Northwest Missouri State University officials confirmed Monday night that a first-year student attending the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing drowned that evening at Mozingo Lake, the city-owned reservoir east of Maryville. Authorities identified the victim as Jae Won Lee, 16, a first-year student at the Missouri…

5 years ago The Maryville City Council on Monday listened to a “mid-term project review” by representatives from Schneider Electric, a multinational company specializing in energy efficiency and automation commissioned back in April to conduct an “investment grade” audit of the city’s water meters. Maryville’s drinking water delivery system contains just over 4,000 meters of…

5 years ago If the immediate effects of Monday’s torrential rainstorms are a valid indication, Maryville’s inflow and infiltration eradication projects are apparently paying dividends. Maryville City Manager Greg McDanel said Monday afternoon the improvements made along Peach Creek through the city have made a significant difference in the city’s storm water management. “Peach Creek…

5 years ago • A massive storm system rolled through northwest Missouri early Thursday, downing power lines, damaging buildings and crops, upending grain bins, and leaving streets and yards littered with shattered trees and fallen limbs. In addition to lightning and some rain, the National Weather Service reported straightline winds in excess of 55 mph.…

5 years ago The Executive Committee of the Missouri Peace Officers Association presented Marsha Martin with the Civilian of the Year Award Monday evening for her work and contributions through her charity, Ben’s Stockings of Hope. The family attended the conference in the Lake of the Ozarks to accept the award for the charity, which…

5 years ago City Council members toured the Maryville Public Safety headquarters Monday prior to their regular twicemonthly session at City Hall.Leading the tour along with MPS Director Keith Wood was Rick Kuhl of Williams, Spurgeon, Kuhl & Freshnock, a Kansas City architectural firm commissioned by the city to create a needs-assessment study for the…