For at least three weeks, Maryville city staff have been working through different ways to address the $3.5 million gap in the South Main Improvement Project. Read more

Agricultural panelists will come to Northwest with a discussion focused on food. It is expected to be a live showing, but the event will also be streamed on Facebook live on the Northwest Collegiate Farm Bureau page. Read more

Northwest announced April 6 that the University will implement a one-time adjustment to GPA requirements for admission-based merit scholarships. Read more

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Despite being able to campaign in person this year, in contrast to the virtual campaign and election from spring 2020, this election faced a similar problem as the year before: unopposed tickets. Read more

After being left in confusion on the policy for donations following the March 30 Student Senate meeting, University finance officials said that they are allowed to make charitable donations to student organizations, but not when the money goes straight to the charitable organization itself. Read more

Dannen Merrill and John McBride will take their seats on the Maryville City Council for the first time April 12, after winning in one of the most impassioned Nodaway County elections in recent years. Read more

A Missouri representative has introduced a bill that may change how restrictions on gatherings, closures of businesses and other entities in a community are made by local governments and health officials. Read more

Roughly 350 college-aged people made appointments to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the April 7 mass vaccination clinic at the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse, two days before the state opens eligibility to all Missouri residents including students in Phase 3 of Missou… Read more

Members of the community, candidates and their supporting family and friends gathered together for the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce Candidate Election Forum in the Maryville High School Performing Arts Center March 31.  Read more

After his early and loud opposition to Maryville’s mask ordinance gained him prominence in the local political scene — making him a voice for those fed up with Maryville’s City Council and skeptical of the coronavirus altogether — Tim Jackson is now less than a week away from his first appea… Read more

Kori Hoffmann, the assistant vice president of student affairs, announced at the March 30 Student Senate meeting that the Senate is no longer able to make charitable donations due to policy change from the University’s finance office. Read more

After a contracting company stopped progress on a lengthy sewer project, and the city began receiving unpaid material invoices from suppliers claiming non-payment, Maryville’s City Council terminated its existing contract with the company March 31. Read more

Most history buffs say the rodeo was born in 1869, when two groups of cowboys met in Deer Trail, Colorado, to settle an argument about who was the better cowboy. But that was 152 years ago, before it became a sport, before the scope of time-honored traditions settled in — before anyone could… Read more

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The University sent an email to students March 30 in regard to the opening of Phase 3 of Missouri’s vaccination rollout, set to begin April 9. Although Phase 1B Tier 3 — which opened March 15 —  allowed for some students to be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Phase 3 will allow all college… Read more

Continuum Family Care is working to provide care to patients with more ease and diagnose issues earlier through different forms of technology, like online check-in and patient monitoring. Read more

Maryville city officials are left with a $3.5 million gap after bids for the South Main Improvement Project came in over budget. Read more

One of Northwest’s assistant professors, Lisa Pelkey, has been appointed to serve on a national organization for teaching and was selected to be on its Standing Committee on Global Citizenship. Read more

After four months of administering vaccines in Missouri, Phase 1B Tier 3 has opened up, providing COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to workers in childcare, government, information technology, nuclear reactors, materials, waste, transportation system, water and wastewater systems, communications … Read more

As COVID-19 restrictions begin to loosen up, students and local residents may be in search of an exciting way to reconnect with friends and family as the weather warms up. Ax throwing, a popular activity trending across younger generations, has thrown its way into Maryville. Read more

The Northwest chapter of Psi Chi, an international honor society for psychology students, hosted its Scholarly Showcase, students and faculty from the School of Health Science and Wellness presented research projects virtually March 24 to help engage students in the scholarly work that is re… Read more

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s recent nominees to Northwest’s Board of Regents — both of whom were appointed as independents to the Board with the maximum four Republicans already seated — have each donated to Republican causes in recent election cycles. Read more

Both lanes of Icon Road closed for the construction of a turning lane into the Agricultural Learning Center starting March 29 and will remain closed through June. Read more

A new hassle-free living community for people 55 years and older is expected to begin construction in Maryville this spring. Read more

As her mother-in-law puts it, she has three strikes against her. She’s a woman. She’s a Democrat. And she’s half Hispanic. Read more

Starting this week, Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II money will roll into students bank accounts. Every student will receive something, except for international students. Read more

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Seated in a brown metal chair in the observation area, Madison Monhollen, clad in a Northwest crewneck hoodie, scrolled through her phone waiting for her 15-minute observation period to end. She had just received her first dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine, like many other students who had… Read more

John Bul Dau watched people die. He was moved across the world and was separated from his family. But Dau didn’t let these tragedies change who he was. God never gave up, he said, and neither did he. Read more

With warmer weather and spring right around the corner, 99th Student Senate elections and campaigning are in full swing. Campaigning began for the 2021-22 school year positions March 22. Elections will now take place online through University emails March 29 through April 2. Read more

Northwest student Erin Fleharty and alumnus Dimitric Edwards are among several winners of the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s Outstanding Beginning Teachers award for 2021. Read more

Following a year that has been challenging to many, Northwest looks to return to what is considered to be the traditional campus experience. Read more

Some who were struggling financially almost a year ago saw the first round of stimulus funds from the federal government when they needed it most. A lot of people had been part of pay cuts and layoffs as a result of the pandemic that shook the world to its core. Read more

The New Nodaway Humane Society is holding its second annual Pars Fore Paws golf tournament Saturday, April 10, to raise money to go toward helping take care of sheltered animals in Maryville and surrounding areas. Read more

Maryville’s City Council voted 4-1 to terminate the city’s face covering mandate as of 12 a.m. March 23 — effectively ending the ordinance more than a month earlier than its initially set expiration date.  Read more

To the annoyance of Regent Jason Klindt — a Republican from Kearney, Missouri, who made his financially conservative ideals clear throughout Northwest’s March 18 Board of Regents meeting — the Board approved the proposed rate schedule for the 2021-22 academic year, which includes an increase… Read more

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Some inmates who were displaced by a fire in the Nodaway County jail in January have been readmitted to their cells after the county worked for a little over a month to repair damage, which hindered jail operations. Read more

Northwest President John Jasinski, who was among five finalists to replace the outgoing president at Minnesota State University-Mankato, will likely stay put in Maryville for the next academic year. The Minnesota State Board of Trustees on Wednesday tabbed Edward Inch, a provost and vice pre… Read more

Active Minds and the Behavioral Sciences Association are partnering with Wellness Services’ Hope 4 All program to hold “I Will Listen” for the first time since 2015 to destigmatize and raise awareness for mental health. Read more

Stepping foot into Room 200 of Brown Hall, one may notice the bright gray colored walls and artsy photos depicting Northwest’s campus hanging on them. Approaching the first dark brown wooden desk outside the office, a large black and gold frame hangs high on the wall, holding a senior pictur… Read more

The up-and-coming downtown attraction Black Pony Brewing Co. has pushed its opening date to June after delays in construction. The original opening date was set for April 2021. Read more

University officials proposed an increase in tuition and fees, along with room and board, for the 2022-23 academic year. If the measure passes, students who are Missouri residents could expect to pay around $25 more per credit hour before financial aid. Read more

Sophomore Christina Short was the first Northwest student to take first place in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition. Read more

Northwest President John Jasinski addressed a spike in COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County in an email to students March 11.  Read more

Fine, loving, gentle, capable — a grand lady is how Shirley Kohlwes described her mother, Doris Walker Appleman, whose daughters created the Doris Walker Appleman Endowed Scholarship for freshmen women majoring in business. Read more

Despite COVID-19’s impact, Northwest Greek Life fraternities and sororities have found ways to grow the number of members in their chapters this spring semester. Read more

Nodaway County Sheriff Randy Strong walked on stage at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts to give a presentation about former Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority member Karen Hawkins’ sexual assault and death. Read more

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