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Local church secures stained glass
MARYVILLE, Mo. — First Presbyterian congregation members this summer raised funds for a project to protect the church’s 132-year old stained glass windows. Longtime congregation members Jeff Funston and Brock Pfost were at the church last week to discuss this year’s project. “It’s a big deal,” Pfost said. “It’s a really pretty church and it’s…
Read MoreMaryville school bands hold winter concert
Band Members Sixth Grade Band Flute: Rilee Babcock, Madison Dvorak, Tuan Jacobson, Sunxi Lugo, Quinn McComb, Samantha Metcalf and Shayleigh Rybolt Clarinet: Avery Berry, Abigail Bowe, Zi Coffer, Xaden Crosby, Vince Galapin, Adam Hamza, Terin Judd, Ian McCampbell, Aubrie Miller, Elizabeth Riemann, Meah Schommer, and Memphis Slagle Trumpet: Mallory Coffelt, Tharusha Dambadeniya, Lillian Davenport, Ferris…
Read MoreMDC: Hunters harvest 178,936 deer in November
JEFFERSON, Mo. — Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 178, 936 deer during the November portion of fall firearms deer season, Nov. 16-26. During the November firearms season, Nodaway County residents harvested 1,059 deer, of which 638 were antlered bucks, 61 were button bucks and 360…
Read MoreNew MPS building grows to new heights
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Construction is well underway and on schedule at the new Maryville Public Safety building, located at First and Vine streets and Keith Wood, Maryville Public Safety director, is excited. Not only will the building offer more space for operations, but also a more prominent location, both in physical location and in the…
Read MoreRoad crew worker makes prehistoric find in 102 River
MARYVILLE, Mo. — When Randy McKee got off a work site early one Tuesday afternoon, he wasn’t expecting to spend his time playing amateur “paleodentist.” But in each life, as the saying goes, some 20,000-year-old teeth occasionally fall. Or, as in McKee’s case, pop up in a riverbed. On Sept. 10, McKee, of Chillicothe, was…
Read MoreCattery raises, sells unique felines in Burlington Junction
BURLINGTON JUNCTION, Mo. — Starting at noon on Tuesday, the local Naked Ladies Cat House opened its waitlist for those interested in bringing into their home a unique and “hairless” feline friend. Within two minutes, the list was filled. The cattery, located in Burlington Junction, got its start in 2014 in Dayton, Ohio, where sphynx…
Read MoreCemetery cleanup restores link to past
MARYVILLE, Mo. — On Sept. 22, around two dozen people squeezed into the historic Barnard train depot to get a peek into their past, connecting across generations to both long lost relatives and strangers alike. The attendees gathered to hear about — and see, though forced by rain into a slideshow rather than a visit,—…
Read MoreTenaska celebrates project, landowners
MARYVILLE, Mo. — On a warm, breezy, Tuesday evening, Tenaska leaders celebrated reaching 70 percent completion of the Clear Creek Energy Center project with representatives from all areas of the project and Nodaway County leaders and landowners. At project headquarters located on Icon Road north of U.S. Highway 71, about 175 people gathered in a…
Read MoreSkidmore Punkin Show competition results
Farmer Relay: Michael Brown and Patrick O’Riley Henry Golden Boy gun raffle: Charlotte Dunn Frog jumping contest: 5 and younger winner was Boyd Riddler; Older than 5 winner was Bryton Olson; adult winner was Luke Coffelt Smoke off: First place Brandon and Kelby Palmer; second place, Jeff and Jerri Dearmont and Aaron and Bambi Simmons…
Read MoreRevived Punkin Show offers array of activities
SKIDMORE, Mo. — The recent Skidmore Punkin Show was a success by all accounts with many residents drawn to the sights, sounds and smells offered at the old school grounds on the north end of town. From skillet throwing and horseshoes to fried oreos and barbecue, this year’s comeback Punkin Show offered a lot of…
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