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Chamber Ambassadors announce service awardee
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors have announced that Nodaway County Sheriff Deputy Dalton Murphy is their July Customer Service Awardee. “During the time of the pandemic, Dalton has been a front-liner in the city of Maryville, the greater Nodaway County area and the state of Missouri,” wrote David Baker, who…
Read MoreRate of new Nodaway County COVID-19 cases slowing
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The rate of new COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County fell again this week, continuing a trend of declining new cases since a significant spike a few weeks ago when Northwest Missouri State University students returned to campus. According to the online COVID-19 dashboard assembled by Northwest from health department data, the 7-day…
Read MoreCity Council extends mask mandate through Nov. 24
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville Council extended the city’s face covering mandate through Nov. 24 in a 3-2 vote Monday evening. Although two council members, Jason McDowell and Mayor Benjamin Lipiec, voted against the extension, the council wasn’t so much divided about whether to approve the extension as when. The initial mask mandate, passed in…
Read MoreNorthwest touts COVID-19 data transparency
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University President John Jasinski last week touted the university’s commitment to COVID-19 data transparency, saying the school is doing its part to help track the outbreaks. Last month, university employees volunteered to put together an online dashboard that tracks daily COVID-19 statistics countywide. Shortly after the university reopened to…
Read MoreMPR could see higher fees to fight COVID-19 losses
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Lost revenue and uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic add up to difficult decisions for Maryville Parks and Recreation, including cutting staff along with considerations of raising fees and perhaps dropping some services down the line. At a budget workshop last week, MPR director Jeff Stubblefield painted a potentially bleak future for the…
Read MoreRate of new county COVID-19 cases slowing, now up to 649
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Nodaway County Health Department announced this week that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Missouri National Guard will perform drive-thru testing for COVID-19 at the Maryville Community Center on Monday, Sept. 14. The free clinic will be held from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. in the Missouri…
Read MoreMaryville High School will shift to hybrid instruction
MARYVILLE, Mo. — After only eight days of school, the Maryville R-II Board of Education voted to shift the high school to a hybrid-teaching format during a special meeting Friday due to the uptick in county and school district COVID-19 quarantine numbers. After an hour of discussion about the pros and cons of the move,…
Read MoreMaryville R-II will release COVID-19 numbers
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville R-II school district plans to release information regarding COVID-19 numbers throughout the district on a weekly basis. Superintendent Becky Albrecht told The Forum on Monday afternoon that about 57 students from buildings throughout the district are quarantined out of school because of the virus, and the district plans to offer…
Read MoreSouth Nodaway R-IV board discusses reentry plan
BARNARD, Mo. — South Nodaway School Nurse Tabitha Holtman spoke to the district Board of Education at its meeting last week about some of the changes that will take place throughout the district due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Holtman explained she’s in daily contact with the Nodaway County Health Department and is helping the district…
Read MoreAmbassadors announce April service awardee
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors have recognized individuals and teams that exhibit great customer service for more than a decade. In an effort to share good news and positive stories from around the community, the chamber ambassadors plan to move forward with the monthly Customer Service Award, beginning with the…
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