Area schools name Homecoming Royalty

Homecoming royalty were crowned at several area high schools over the weekend. Nodaway-Holt named Preston Jenkins and Paige Hanson as homecoming king and queen. West Nodaway’s homecoming royalty included Collin Kinsella as king and Savanna Marriott as queen. For Maryvillle, Darren Dwight and Caroline Pohreb received their crowns.

Nodaway-Holt Board of Education decided at it’s meeting last week that it will distribute old Chromebooks to students instead of selling them to third party companies, according toThe Maryville Forum. Superintendent Mike Hollingsworth said that the school has a few dozen outdated Chromebooks left that would normally be sold a company that purchases old electronics…

Clarinda Regional adds new speech-language pathologist

Clarinda Regional Health Center announced the addition of Gracie Brown to its team of healthcare professionals. Brown will be a Speech-Language Pathologist for the hospital. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Iowa and Master of Science in Speech-Language-Hearing Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her specialties include…

Maryville native to return and join Mosaic’s care team

Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville announced Mikaila Wallace, a Maryville native, is set to return to her hometown and join the Mosaic Family Care team. Wallace  received her Bachelor of Science in  from Northwest Missouri State University and her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from A.T. Still University. She is a board-certified family physician, recently completing her residency…

Chamber opens Grinch nominations

The Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce has opened nominations for a non-profit representative to be this year’s “Grinch.” Nominees may be the director, an employee, a board member, a volunteer, or any other individual connected to the organization. Nominations are open now through October 18th. Please submit nomination on the Chamber website: www.maryvillechamber.com.