Mozingo
Hunter Hayes cards rare albatross at Mozingo
A 19-year-old Maryville golfer achieved the rarest of golf feats Tuesday while playing the Sechrest 18 at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park, rarer even than a hole in one. Hunter Hayes, a 2016 graduate of Maryville High School and currently a sophomore business major at Northwest Missouri State, holed a three wood from 260 yards out…
Read MoreBarber hired to run Mozingo conference center
As part of her job at Northwest Missouri State University, Ashley Barber used different forms of marketing to reach new students. Now, Barber will use her marketing background and couple that with her event coordinator experience in becoming the first hire for the conference center at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. The City of Maryville announced…
Read MoreCabling contract, zoning issue go before council
The Maryville City Council on Monday approved a contract with Northwest Audio-Visual of Maryville for the purchase and installation of audio-visual cable at the new conference center under construction at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. Scheduled for completion in January, the $4.7 million center and golf course clubhouse, which embraces a large modular meeting and banquet…
Read MoreConservation Dept. cuts Mozingo crappie limit
Crappie anglers at Mozingo Lake have noticed a distinct fall-off over the last couple of years in the number of fish they’re reeling in, and the Missouri Department of Conservation is working to do something about it. Earlier this summer, MDC, which manages the Mozingo fishery — known as perhaps the hottest fishing spot in…
Read MoreHigh water won’t stop July 4th events at Mozingo
Four days before one of Mozingo Lake Recreation Park’s signature events — the annual Fourth of July picnic and fireworks display — a good portion of the city-owned regional playground is literally swamped. Heavy rainfall that in some places dumped more than 10 inches of precipitation on Nodaway County Wednesday night has caused Mozingo Lake…
Read MoreWounded Warriors seek healing at Mozingo
A group of 14 U.S. military veterans seeking to rebuild their lives after suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries and other combat-related conditions spent four days this week at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park during Project Odyssey, an outdoor experience organized by the Wounded Warrior Project. A therapeutic retreat designed to boost confidence, ease fears…
Read MoreSanta Cops golf tourney returns for second year
With vacation season well underway and the Fourth of July just around the corner, Christmas may seem like a long way off. But Maryville Department of Public Safety officers are already working to make sure that local children from low-income families will have plenty of presents under the tree when old St. Nick returns in…
Read MoreMIDC sees potential for Mozingo-driven growth
The Maryville Industrial Development Corp. is a local non-profit organization probably most associated with working to spur growth in what is known as the Maryville Industrial Park, a cluster of factories and other enterprises, along with vacant real estate, bordering Wilson Industrial Road on the east edge of town. But times are changing, MIDC board…
Read MoreWatson lends star power to Mozingo golf camp
The Youth Golf Camp season at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park got underway Saturday with the assistance of a very special instructor — PGA golf great and five-time British Open champion Tom Watson. Watson has become a familiar face at Mozingo over the last three years, ever since he agreed to design the nine-hole Watson 9…
Read MoreCity to upgrade, expand Mozingo cart fleet
The Maryville City Council this week approved executing a contract with the Masek Golf Car Co. for the lease of 75 golf carts for use at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park’s Sechrest 18 golf course. The contract increases the number of carts available at the course from 50. Included in the four-year deal are a driving…
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