Mozingo
Farm City Banquet celebrates agriculture community
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Held later in the season, this year’s 58th annual Farm City Banquet celebrated all things agriculture, while for the first time being held at the Conference Center at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. Hosted by the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce, the Agriculture Committee put together the dinner event with the Nodaway County…
Read MoreMore than 1,300 kids attend Haunted Campground
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Incredibles superheroes, several Little Red Riding Hoods, Minions, dinosaurs, Waldos and more made their way around seeking candy at the Haunted Campground at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park on Saturday. In its 11th year, the RV Park event saw more than 1,300 children said Nodaway County D.A.R.E. Officer Rick Smail. He along with…
Read MoreCouncil to vote on fieldhouse agreement
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville City Council will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall for it first meeting of the 2019 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. Business before the five-member governing board includes a ordinance executing a licensing agreement with Northwest Missouri State University with regard to the Hughes…
Read MoreMaryville council set to pass ’19 budget
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville City Council will convene at an irregular time and day this evening — 4 p.m. at City Hall — in order to pass a new municipal budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. The budget, plus a couple of adjustments to the 2018 spending plan, are the…
Read MoreBearcat families party in the park
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Brass-band fight songs, pom-pom-shaking cheerleaders, smiling families, gray-haired alums and lots and lots of hot dogs and potato salad filled College Park over the noon hour Saturday during the Bearcat Zone tailgate party. While the Bearcat Zone is always a lively place before a home football game, Saturday was special as hundreds…
Read MoreWilliam Coy’s brings home-grown fare to Mozingo
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The long-awaited William Coy’s Farm to Table Restaurant, located on the ground floor of the newly constructed Mozingo Lake Recreation Park conference center, celebrated its official opening Sept. 13 during a ribbon-cutting event hosted by the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce. The restaurant, which features locally grown meat and produce, actually opened…
Read MoreKids Fishing event canceled, fish bite anyway
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Faced with early morning rains and thunderstorms, the Maryville Optimist Club on Saturday canceled its annual Kids Fishing event at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. But when skies cleared and 30-plus youngsters, most with fishing rods in hand, showed up anyway, a Mozingo staffer took the initiative and got the event underway. Bait…
Read MoreCops’ golf event raises holiday cash for kids in need
MARYVILLE, Mo. — More than 100 golfers, many of them police officers, deputies, corrections workers, state troopers and fire/rescue personnel, gathered at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park’s Sechrest 18 course on Saturday for the third annual Santa Cops for Kids golf scramble. According to chief organizer Ian Myers, who serves as Maryville Public Safety’s school resource…
Read MoreMozingo Lake down, not out, during dry spell
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Despite this week’s thunderstorm, virtually all of Nodaway County remains in the grip of either “extreme” or “severe” drought conditions, as reported by the National Integrated Drought Information System. Ponds and rivers are low, hay production is down and row crops are stressed. But the driest summer in five years has yet…
Read MoreGolf course aficionado gives high reviews of Sechrest 18
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Mark Schupp says the Sechrest 18 golf course at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park is “arguably the best golf course in the northwest quadrant of Missouri.” More so than anyone else, Schupp knows what he’s talking about. He knows, because he’s played them all. Schupp, who grew up in Kansas City, but has…
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