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Former House speaker to address school retirees
8-25-16 retired teachers NAMELINE Former Mo. House speaker to address retired teachers group Former Speaker to address retired teachers Kreider to address retired teachers Retired educators group to host former House speaker By TONY BROWN Staff writer The Nodaway County Association of Retired School Employees will host former speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives…
Read MoreCity sets new priorities for 2017 Mozingo spending
Spending plans for Mozingo Lake Recreation Park were released this week by City Hall as municipal staff continues to fine tune the fiscal 2017 budget prior to approval next month by the Maryville City Council. It’s going to be a different kind of year at Mozingo. With a flurry of development projects either completed or…
Read MoreWater meter replacement, bed tax before council
With local schools back in session and Northwest Missouri State University students set to return for the fall semester on Aug. 29, the Maryville City Council, too, is facing a flurry of activity associated with the end of summer and the start of a new fiscal year in October. On Monday the council will gather…
Read MorePaving contractor questions bid process
The Maryville City Council on Monday awarded two contracts for asphalt street overlays scheduled for this summer to Keller Construction Co. of St. Joseph, including an agreement for the repaving of North Main Street from the Highway 71 bypass for a distance of one mile south to 242nd Street. The highway-like road extends about two…
Read MoreBlackford, Watson paths cross — again
There is probably not a sports enthusiast in the country who hasn’t jumped for joy when a favorite athlete has a memorable, championship-winning moment. Just as certainly, there are not many golf fans around who have failed to react similarly when their favorite tour player launches a rocket off a crucial tee or makes an…
Read MoreGround broken for Mozingo hotel construction
Construction of a long-awaited hotel at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park officially got under way Thursday afternoon as local officials, along with representatives from developer Boulders Inn & Suites, picked up a dozen gold-painted shovels and turned over a few pounds of ceremonial earth. The 40-room hotel — a key component in the park’s 20-year master…
Read MoreCity opts to delay welcome center construction
With a minimum of discussion, the Maryville City Council on Tuesday opted to follow the recommendation of the Mozingo Lake Advisory Board and delay construction of a proposed welcome center at the 3,000-acre city-owned park until next year. No funds are currently budgeted for the center, which is to replace a small check-in stand near…
Read MoreMore Mozingo decisions before council
The Maryville City Council on Tuesday will resume discussion on whether to approve partial funding for a proposed new “welcome center” at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park during the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. No funds are currently budgeted for the center, which would replace a small check-in stand near the park’s main entrance.…
Read MorePolice propose mile markers at Mozingo Lake
While it offers ample opportunities for boating, tubing, skiing, fishing, and swimming, Mozingo Lake, with 1,000 acres of surface area, is fairly small as such things are reckoned in Missouri. Perhaps three-quarters of a mile across at its widest end and about six miles long, Mozingo would be little more than a big cove if…
Read MoreCattlemen’s cook-off was all about the beef
Nobody was complaining, but there was still plenty to beef about at Saturday’s second annual Nodaway County Cattlemen’s Association cook-off at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. Moved this year from The Point shelter house area at the park to the reserve recreational vehicle campgrounds, the association went whole-hog — uh, whole-cow — this year, booking the…
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