Mozingo
City offers first glimpse of Mozingo conference center
Following passage of a one-eighth-cent city sales in the April 5 municipal election by a bare five-vote majority, the City of Maryville is moving quickly toward construction of a $4 million conference center and golf course clubhouse at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. Members of the City Council got their first look at the proposed facility…
Read MoreVoters decide tax issues, races Tuesday
With critical proposals affecting the future of the Mozingo Lake Recreation Park and the financing for a new gymnasium in the Jefferson C-123 School District on local ballots, Nodaway County Clerk Karen Leader is hopeful voter turnout for Tuesday’s April elections will be respectable. “I’m guessing maybe 25 percent,” Leader said Thursday. ‘I may be…
Read MoreTown Hall engages political journalism students
Not everything went according to plan at the Town Hall forum Tuesday evening, but political journalism students from Northwest Missouri State University gained experience facing real challenges covering the event. Steven Chappell, an instructor of mass media and Northwest’s director of student publications, organized the forum to give Northwest students the opportunity to produce a…
Read MoreSpecial events add spice to springtime
Usually when the Maryville City Council meets, the business at hand includes passing ordinances needed to move essential business forward. The result is that streets get paved, sewer pipes get lined, police cars get bought, grants get applied for, and bills get paid. But this week, though Monday’s regular session included its share of routine…
Read MoreExtreme Cowboy group seeks Mozingo events
Saddle up pardner. Pending approval by the Maryville City Council on Monday “Extreme Cowboy” horse racing is coming to Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. The proposed events would take place April 2, April 30, and May 14-15 on a course already being prepared on the west side of Mozingo Lake. Extreme Cowboy racing is a relatively…
Read MoreMozingo junior golf vaults into spotlight
The yet-to-be-opened Watson 9 hybrid golf course at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park is already scoring “eagles” for Maryville’s soaring golf facilities and programs. The new junior course designed by PGA golf legend Tom Watson, which is scheduled for its grand opening May 14, is recognized in the current issue of Golf Digest magazine as one…
Read MoreHospital golf tournament tees off May 27
Spring is in the air, and that means the St. Francis Hospital Foundation is gearing up for its annual golf tournament fundraiser on Friday, May 27. Proceeds from this year’s tournament will support the 3-D mammography upgrade at the hospital scheduled for April. The upgrade means St. Francis will be the first hospital in the…
Read MoreMaryville council reviews Mozingo impact
The Maryville City Council on Monday reviewed the findings of an economic impact study for Mozingo Lake Recreation Park.
Read MoreCity officials spread the word on Mozingo sales taxes
If Maryville voters aren’t well educated about a couple of proposed sales tax proposals set for the April 5 municipal election ballot, it won’t be because of a lack of trying on the part of City Hall.
Read MoreTom Watson to attend youth course opening
Seemingly endless rains delayed inaugural play at the new Watson 9 junior golf course last summer at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park, but the City of Maryville has switched on the “green” light for opening the new nine-hole layout this spring.
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