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Top 10 Forum photo galleries of 2025
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Below are the top 10 photo galleries of 2025 as determined through a combination of the most-viewed stories on maryvilleforum.com and input from The Forum staff. 1 – DID THE FORUM FIND YOU AT THE FAIR? GEOFFREY WOEHLK The Forum found hundreds of faces over three days at the Nodaway County Fair…
Read More134th Hopkins Picnic offers fun, tradition
HOPKINS, Mo. — Hopkins held its 134th Hopkins Picnic last week. And below, the organizers of the Hopkins Picnic Quilt Show recently announced the winners of the contest. Seventy-five items were displayed during the annual event. Best in Show Marilyn Sudduth – machine quilted Machine Quilted First place – Marilyn Sudduth, Mount Ayr, Iowa Second…
Read MoreLibrary announces Children’s Art Contest winners
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville Public Library recently announced the winners of the 2022 Children’s Art Contest. According to an email from the library, area children were invited to illustrate a scene from their favorite book. A total of 60 drawings and one shadow box were submitted in March. MTE Office Center, the Maryville McDonald’s,…
Read More2 area students place in exhibition
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Two Nodaway County students placed in the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art’s annual Regional High School Exhibition, which features artwork from 121 students representing 19 schools, including Jefferson C-123 in Conception Junction and North Nodaway R-VI High School in Hopkins. Jefferson students Maggie Collins and Jaclyn Pappert placed first and second respectively…
Read MoreMaryville High School show choir kicks off competition season in Iowa
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Maryville High School’s premier vocal music show choir offered friends and family members a preview of Spectrum’s stage performance “Strictly Business” on Friday, Jan. 7, just one night before it kicked off the competition season at the Mid-Iowa Show Choir Championships in Ankeny, Iowa. Vanessa Parsons, Maryville High School vocal music director,…
Read MoreGrinch lights up downtown Maryville
MARYVILLE, Mo. — With just a quick plugging-in Monday night, the Grinch lit up downtown Maryville with an array of lights atop surrounding businesses — a first for the heart of Maryville — highlighted by a giant, 10-foot wreath hanging on the front of the Nodaway County Courthouse. Dubbed Makers’ Monday – Pop Up Party,…
Read MoreDykstra showcases local business owner in 73rd annual Missouri Photo Workshop
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Since 1949, the Missouri Photo Workshop has documented the state of Missouri with a camera, and this year Maryville Forum Sports Editor Jon Dykstra was accepted into the prestigious annual workshop. Founded in 1989 by Clifton C. Edom of the Missouri School of Journalism, The Missouri Photo Workshop is an annual weeklong…
Read MoreSpoofhound Marching Band preparing for contest season
MARYVILLE, Mo. — With loud, epic sounds reverberating throughout the gym, Maryville High School Marching Spoofhounds performed the music for their fall 2021-2022 field show on Aug. 6. Culminating two weeks of summer band camp full of music and marching, band members performed the show’s music in front of family and friends. The show’s three…
Read MoreSecond Stage to present ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
Get tickets here MARYVILLE, Mo. — This year’s Maryville Young Players Second Stage production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” offers a chance to get out of the heat and enjoy the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Broadway hit performed by an all-northwest Missouri cast. “It’s going really well,” said director Vanessa Parsons.…
Read MoreSticken takes Best in Show again
MARYVILLE, Mo. — No real surprise to anyone, Everett Sticken with his 1957 Triumph took home the Best in Show prize at this year’s Nodaway County Fair Motorcycle Show. Even with a bike that has won three consecutive fair Best in Shows, he hasn’t stopped collecting special, beautiful and rare motorcycles. “They just find me,”…
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