Fewer than 50 days after approving a multi-year tuition increase for students, Northwest’s Board of Regents was set to vote May 6 on a proposal that would have shelled out $1,000 one-time compensation payments to employees who complete a quiz over the University’s Organizational Profile — a … Read more

House fire at 1173 Andrew Drive, Maryville, Friday afternoon was the result of car catching fire while in the garage, homeowner Carrol Hess said. Read more

Local agencies are partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for the 20th annual Drug Take Back Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 24. Read more

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Students, faculty and staff gathered around the small seating area and a TV outside of the student involvement office to watch the verdict people have been waiting months to hear.  Read more

Mosaic Medical Center - Maryville President Nate Blackford said the overall effect of COVID-19 on Nodaway County is continuing to trend in the right direction  as weekly mass vaccination clinics normally held at the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse are being phased out. Read more

Maryville officials are planning renovations for City Hall in response to long-standing structural, space and accessibility issues, furthering compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Read more

Men came together from various campus organizations, slid into red high heels and strutted their way across town April 17. Around 50 men participated in the event to raise awareness about the causes, effects and remediations to men's sexualized violence. Read more

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Local health officials anticipate Nodaway County to be heading toward the turn that would put the county closer to normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more

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

The 4th Judicial Circuit Leadership Team on Mental Health and Criminal Justice is six weeks into their crisis hotline being available 24/7. Additionally, the team is working to create a board specifically dedicated for mental illnesses.  Read more

The first ordinance Dannen Merrill and John McBride voted on as members of the City Council was a contract to demolish vacant homes on 912 East Fifth St. and 401 South Buchanan St. Read more

Four panelists involved in agriculture gathered to speak April 8 at the Northwest Collegiate Farm Bureau to discuss issues in agriculture and in the food industry. 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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

Northwest President John Jasinski addressed a spike in COVID-19 cases in Nodaway County in an email to students March 11.  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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In the first week of Introduction to American Government and Politics, Northwest students hear a lecture describing foundations of society. They learn how governments are in place for some sense of order or protection. Classmates discuss the role of government in society — to what extent con… Read more

The pandemic has warped peoples’ lives across the world to the point that it is affecting their mental health, which can be seen in Nodaway County where mental health is among the highest medical needs in the county. The average share of adults showing symptoms of anxiety and depression has … Read more

Law enforcement is a profession where constants are necessary. Protocols are in place to ensure chaos can be returned to order and ensure there is a system to fall back on. While the coronavirus pandemic affected operations of Maryville Police Department and the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Offi… Read more

Mosaic Medical Center - Maryville received word March 8 from the state that the hospital will receive 1,150 first doses of Pfizer vaccines rather than 300 doses of Moderna vaccines that were originally scheduled to receive. Mosaic - Maryville is also scheduled to obtain roughly 460 second do… Read more

Last year in the middle of March, the Nodaway County Senior Center remained open, and a few regulars seemed to have a lack of fear of COVID-19 despite the rapid spread of the coronavirus. As COVID-19 continues to impact everyone’s lives, some challenges have arisen for the senior center. Read more