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Spoofhound 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 MoreHopkins Picnic a ‘hoppin’ place to be
HOPKINS, Mo.— The 2021 Hopkins Picnic Quilt Show saw 149 entries from participants in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa Aug. 5-7. Kathy Miller of Grant City won Best of Show. Quilt categories and their respective first, second and third place winners are listed in order of merit as follows. Baby Quilts: Sandy Alexander, Hopkins; Carol Owens,…
Read MoreBlood, Sweat and Gears set for this weekend
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The fifth annual Blood, Sweat and Gears car and truck show is set for this weekend. There will be a pre-party at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 at Burny’s Sports Bar, featuring drink specials and a live DJ. Registration for the show is at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14. The event…
Read MoreLocal Briefs: Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021
City presents July Beautification Award MARYVILLE, Mo. — Scott and Laura Dowden, owners of the property located at 1805 North Alco Ave. recently received the city of Maryville’s Beautification Award for July from Maryville Mayor Benjamin Lipiec. “The Dowdens have done an extensive amount of landscaping to the front and back of their property showing…
Read MoreMaryville Optimists host annual youth fishing contest
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville Optimist Club hosted a fishing contest on July 3 at Mozingo Lake. James Hassenkamp, Rick Smail and Sheila Smail led the contest, which saw more than 80 local children enjoy family fun. According to a news release, Kool Kats provided shaved ice, and the Optimist Club provided the bait. Participants…
Read More2021 Punkin Show battles rain and wins
SKIDMORE, Mo. — Intermittent rain did not deter a crowd from attending the 2021 Skidmore Punkin Show activities July 30-Aug. 1 More than a hundred people lined up, many under umbrellas, along Elm Street to watch community members, Nodaway County officials and Punkin Show royalty parade in their finery. After Nodaway-Holt High School teacher Loren…
Read MoreExtreme sports tour to make stop in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. — If searching for something different to get out of the house for next month, Nitro Circus, a global sports entertainment company, plans to visit Werner Park in Omaha, Nebraska, as part of its “You Got This” tour on Thursday, Aug. 26. “You Got This” is a North American tour presented by Indigo…
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,”…
Read MoreAlden takes home KNIM Country Showdown prize
MARYVILLE, Mo. — With her strong, young voice that neared yodeling at times, Neva Alden performed two Patsy Cline songs and ended up taking home the big prize of $500 and the title of 2021 KNIM Country Showdown winner on Saturday night at the Nodaway County Fair. Alden, daughter of Amy and Jeremy Alden of…
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