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Maryville High School reworks Multi
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The shifting needs of Maryville High School has always prompted the district to be creative when thinking about its available space and this year part of that focus was on the Multi, a multipurpose building located just southwest of the football field. Throughout the fall semester and continuing into this year, MHS…
Read MoreNew MPS building, consolidated dispatch set up future opportunities
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Despite all the regular issues massive projects like this must overcome, despite a negotiation that hadn’t been settled for 30 years and despite a pandemic popping up in the middle of construction, the new R. Keith Wood Maryville Public Safety facility began operation in earnest last fall — under budget and on…
Read MoreWhite Elm opens, brings new products to Maryville
MARYVILLE, Mo. — When White Elm Mercantile opened in October, owner Stephanie Campbell said the idea was to offer lifestyles items and home décor. Also owner of Blue Willow, both in Maryville and St. Joseph, Campbell had a place for clothing and accessories, but wanted to help provide an upscale shop for décor and lifestyles…
Read MoreNorthwest renovates Bearcat Pitch
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Upgrading the soccer pitch at Northwest Missouri State University has been a goal of the athletics administration for quite some time. That goal became a reality in 2020. The Bearcats now have a new turf field with an improved drainage system. Now instead of having to wait days after a rain to…
Read MoreBlack Pony Brewery sees progress
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Most of the windows are in, the interior walls are framed and the brews are being tested for the Black Pony Brewery Co. located on the corner of Main and Fourth streets. “Everything has gone as planned,” Black Pony Brewery co-owner Stephanie Campbell said. “There’s always little minor hiccups like waiting on…
Read MoreKawasaki adds line, shifts, jobs in 2020
MARYVILLE, Mo. — An increased demand for its products prompted Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., USA to increase its assembly lines and staffing opportunities during 2020. “We continue to grow just because our product is in big demand,” said Tim Melvin, Human Resources Manager. “We’re running a lot of overtime right now and it’s because our…
Read More‘Let’s go’: South Main overhaul set to begin
MARYVILLE, Mo. — At a meeting in July of last year, City Council member Rachael Martin spoke for all the city officials in attendance after the council voted to formally approve a $10.5 million grant from the federal government for the South Main Corridor Improvement Project. “Let’s go,” she said excitedly. After nearly a decade…
Read MoreLocal artists place at Albrecht-Kemper member exhibition
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Three Nodaway County artists took part in the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art’s 2021 Membership Exhibition on Jan. 15, and two walked away placing in various categories. Local artists Lana Cease, Jeff Foster and LeDonna McIntosh all had art featured in the exhibition and many of their pieces placed. Cease, a Maryville photographer…
Read MoreFirst two females in northwest Missouri attain Eagle Scout rank
MARYVILLE, Mo. — It was not without some measure of difficulty that two young northwest Missouri women pushed through gender stereotypes to break through the glass ceiling that is attaining Eagle Scout status in Scouts BSA. But for Maryville residents, Elizabeth Stephenson, 19, and Adrianna Aley, 19, the nearly two-year, merit badge-earning program wasn’t about…
Read MoreJudge Rice swears in Nodaway County officials
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Fourth District Associate Circuit Judge Robert Rice presided over a ceremony Tuesday morning to swear in recently elected and re-elected Nodaway County officials in the Nodaway County Courthouse courtroom. Raising their right hands and swearing oaths to support the Constitution of the United States, the Missouri Constitution and to faithfully demean themselves…
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