Letters To Editor
Letter to the Editor: Understanding Missouri’s new A-F school report cards
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an open letter from the superintendents in Nodaway County to the community. It is signed by South Nodaway’s Dustin Skoglund, Maryville’s Philip Pohren, Jefferson’s Dallas Giedd, Nodaway-Holt’s Mike Hollingsworth, North Nodaway’s Chris Turpin, Northeast Nodaway’s Chaim Jenkins and West Nodaway’s Mitch Barnes. The Maryville Forum has run the letter…
Read MoreLeeter to the Editor: White Cloud Acres and White Cloud Ordinance
I attended the “informational” meeting sponsored by the Nodaway Says No Group in Graham a few weeks ago. Informed decisions are a good thing. I expressed my concerns and asked questions about unintended consequences of the restrictive ordinance White Cloud Township was heralding. After only a couple minutes I was told “we don’t want anyone…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Amendment 6 finishes the job after Amendment 4’s defeat
Alongside more than 2000 other volunteers in Missouri, I worked my tail off for 9 months collecting signatures to put Amendment 6 on the November 3 ballot. These volunteers are not billionaires or out-of-state interests. We are everyday Missourians who are tired of politicians (our state representative and senator, Secretary of State, and Attorney General)…
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Put aside your political preferences as Nov. 3rd approaches and ask yourself what has our elected officials done to better your family and your lives. If your answer is very little or nothing then it is time to vote for any opposing candidate to try to bring about a more positive change. The data center…
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To the residents of White Cloud Township, Nodaway County Missouri: I am writing to support the zoning initiative that will be on our ballot in November. There are misunderstandings being shared in the community and this letter is to clarify for those who do not understand what the purpose of putting a zoning vote on…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: In favor of data centers
To the Editor and the Nodaway County Commissioners, My wife and I moved to Nodaway County in 2019 to raise our children near my wife’s family. Like many, I spent years in this community working hard just to get by. Over the last five years, I have built a career traveling to construct complex data…
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Dear Editor, We are part of the minority the gentleman mentioned in last week’s letter to the editor. Our farm is next to the land where the natural gas plant is being built in the Barnard school district. When it is finished, we will have two million gallons of diesel fuel behind our property. Scale…
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Dear Editor, I have two thoughts about the prosecutors race. #1 Remember the NOCoMo case? #2 Remember the poor little baby thrown away at Mozingo? If you are okay with how those cases turned out then fine. If however you were disgusted as I was at how those cases turned out. Then join me in…
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Dear Editor, First, I would like to say that I am glad we still live in a country where we have the right to express our opinions and a country where we still have free press. I wish to express my opinion concerning the editorial by Seth Jenkins in the June 23, 2026, issue of…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Keep Nodaway County open for business
Today, I’m writing as a longtime resident, taxpayer, and voter of Nodaway County. I have read that the County Commissioners have passed a moratorium on the building of the White Cloud Data Center — a moratorium that could put the entire project in jeopardy. And I’m afraid they’re only considering it due to flack from…
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