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Friday 22 year old Jeser Cisneros-Hernandez of Liberal, Kansas pleaded not guilty to four counts of vehicular homicide and reckless driving in the deaths

Nodaway County Route PP – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 205th Street to U.S. Route 136, Oct. 23, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

29 year old James R. Haynes of Oak Grove was found guilty of property damage in the 2nd degree and stealing for his role

Dakota Anthony Gross has been arrested by Nodaway County deputies for the theft of a four-wheeler sometime last Wednesday evening and Thursday morning from

Clarinda Police are investigating an early morning stabbing incident Saturday.  A 49 year old white male was stabbed multiple times.  None of the stab

21 year old Dylan Elwood Taylor of Clarinda was found guilty of tampering in the 1st degree, property damage in the first degree, and

45 year old Michael E Moore of Forest City was arrested early Sunday morning in Holt County for driving while intoxicated and speeding.  Moore

Friday the Page County Sheriff’s Office reported a burglary in Yorktown at the residence of Jason Lee Berringer at 307 Jefferson Street. Berringer says

During a meeting of the Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents Friday, the board approved a proposal to create a Bachelor of Science

Last Wednesday afternoon 58 year old Donald Vaughn Gay of College Springs crashed his vehicle.  Gay was on Maple Avenue just north of the

Iowa’s unemployment rate for September was 3.2%, that’s down from the 3.3% rate in August.  Iowa Workforce Development officials made the announcement Friday.  Iowa

Starting this Saturday (Oct. 28), Mega Millions players are going to start seeing bigger, faster-growing jackpots and better chances of winning a $1 million

JEFFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says the state no longer will make children in foster care pay a $15 fee

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City’s efforts to obtain $40 million in federal funding to replace an important bridge are unsettling officials of

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s capital city scored poorly in a recent ranking of cities evaluating which places offer the most support for

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — One of two cousins charged in the death of a gender-nonconforming Iowa teenager is set to go on trial. Attorney

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats have elected a new leader in the state Senate. State Sen. Janet Petersen of Des Moines was

Nodaway County Prosecutor Robert Rice has announced a series of “Listening Posts” throughout the county Monday and Tuesday.  This gives citizens an opportunity to discuss

The Missouri Department of Transportation and the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety are challenging you and those you know at home, work, school, or

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City woman had pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes on at least $466,000 in a charge

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An official from a company working to commercialize high-speed Hyperloop transportation says Missouri is among the top five contenders

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials are proposing an innovation corridor between Kansas City and St. Louis for a new Amazon location instead

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say projections for Iowa’s budget are down again, and could force spending cuts when lawmakers return in January.

Two men were rescued Tuesday evening after becoming disoriented when out hunting along the Missouri River in Atchison County south of Hamburg.  Hamburg Fire

Wednesday Governor Eric Greitens traveled to London to meet with executives from WPP and announce that VML, a global marketing agency, plans to create

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri graduate has been charged with driving onto the school’s basketball court this summer and causing more

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Columbia police say a woman who caused a brief alert after a report that she had a gun on the

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Americans across the country are grappling with unanswered questions as they prepare to select their health insurance plans when

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has killed a rule designed to protect the legal rights of farmers who raise

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican governor says President Donald Trump and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency told her they’re committed

–Maryville City Council during a special meeting last night approved Change Order #4 for the construction of the Conference Center at Mozingo Lake Recreation

–Maryville Schools Superintendent Dr Becky Albrecht reported Amazon refunded the district for faulty eclipse glasses. –Assistant Superintendent Steve Klotz gave an update and presentation

Northwest Missouri State University has announced details for a bell ringing ceremony to remember a student who died on the campus earlier this month.

Iowa U-S Congressman David Young is holding open office hours today in Clarinda from 10:00-NOON at the Lied Public Library.  He will also be

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill says she didn’t object to a bill weakening federal authority to stop companies from distributing

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s unemployment has dropped slightly. Department of Economic Development data released Tuesday show the unemployment rate dropped slightly from

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator says he may seek to block President Donald Trump’s nominees for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is on track to see a 10 percent decline of opioid sales for 2017 amid national concerns about

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The electronic system used by lawyers, judges and clerks to file Iowa court records is temporarily out of service

Maryville City Council is holding a special meeting tonight at 5:15. One of two items on the agenda include change order #4 with E.L.

The 57th Annual Farm-City Banquet, hosted by the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom, Northwest

Maryville Parks & Recreation is partnering with the Lions, Legions and VFW’s of Nodaway County to host a Veterans Day dedication to officially open

This past Saturday morning, Clarinda officers arrested 25 year old James Robert Castillo of Bedford, for possession with intent to deliver more than five

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta appointed Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Monday to serve on the Presidents Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion.  The task

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds sent a letter to President Donald Trump Monday expressing her concern about the direction the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police records show there has been an unprecedented spike in gun thefts in Kansas City, Missouri. Police data show

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is hiring the top Missouri state senator’s chief of staff to be the four-campus system’s lead

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s U.S. senators are pitching the Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan areas as potential sites for Amazon’s second

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House Ethics Committee is reviewing a complaint against a lawmaker who called for the vandal of a

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is headed to the United Kingdom and Switzerland on his second trade mission. Greitens is

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rain has kept Iowa and Nebraska farmers out of corn and soybean fields in the past few weeks significantly

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The law firm that won a landmark gender discrimination case against the University of Iowa athletics department will challenge

AMES, Iowa (AP) — School district leaders have declared their support for members of a central Iowa high school marching band who protested inequality

28 year old Lucas A Greever of Burlington Junction was killed early Sunday morning after crashing his Honda Motorcycle in Nodaway County.  Greever was

The Nodaway County Senior Center has raised the price of lunches $1.00 for those over the age of 60 from $4.00 to $5.00 due

The mural on the building at 3rd & Main was taken down Sunday so work can be done on the building. A new mural

36 year old John K Arnold of Mound City was in a two vehicle crash Friday night in Holt County.  Arnold was southbound on

Nodaway County Route 148 – Pavement repair from U.S. Route 71 to 220th Street, Oct. 16 – 19 Route KK – Pothole patching, Oct.

Friday the Missouri Lottery made its monthly profits transfer to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education totaling $24.8 million.  The October transfer of

67 year old Stanton E Naill of Blockton, Iowa was arrested by Missouri State Patrol early Sunday morning in Worth County for driving while

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican state Rep. Paul Curtman says he’s no longer considering a run for U.S. Senate but might campaign for Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man has received a 40-year prison sentence for having sex with a preteen girl. 34-year-old Shaun

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A persistent shortage of substitute teachers is creating challenges for Nebraska and Iowa school districts, and lawmakers who want to

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is sending a federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with killing a

Lenox Schools were dismissed at 1:00 today due to a threatening note that was submitted this morning.   The schools were under lockdown from roughly

Northwest Missouri State University will host its fifth annual disaster response field training exercise today through Sunday (Oct. 13-15) and invites students, community members,

Northwest Missouri State University is one of more than 70 sites throughout the state hosting FAFSA Frenzy to assist future and current college students

Miss Missouri, Jennifer Davis will be in Maryville tomorrow (Saturday) for a meet & greet at A&G Restaurant between 2:00-4:00.  Davis is visiting Maryville

Sunday at 2:00 p.m. the Nodaway County Historical Society will host a program given by Marla Burnsides on her family’s Native American heritage at

The Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce will present the Third Annual Christmas Parade on Friday December 1st, at 6:30 p.m. and will follow its

Missouri US Senator Roy Blunt stopped in St Joseph Thursday. Blunt was a guest of the Family Guidance Center for Behavioral Healthcare to discuss

United States Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri announced Thursday her campaign has raised more than $2.9 million from over 30,000 donors in July, August,

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced Thursday that he has selected Representative Sam Graves (R-MO) to serve on the National Defense Authorization Act Conference

26 year old Keaton Ray Osthoff of Hepburn, Iowa was arrested by Page County deputies Wednesday evening on two Page County Warrants that included

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The federal government says a new Missouri law doesn’t provide the same protections from housing discrimination as federal law,

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state trooper accused of taking sexually explicit photos with a 16-year-old boy was once sued in a separate

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Democratic senator from suburban St. Louis who was censured by the Missouri Legislature for a Facebook post that hoped

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol says a man pulled over in Des Moines after a car pursuit told state troopers

Emily Cordell, a senior agricultural sciences major from Skidmore, is one of two students at Northwest Missouri State to be awarded the Benjamin A

An 18 year old student at Missouri Western is running for St Joseph City Council.  Jackson Connors is collecting signatures in hope of making

Students were let out of classes early Wednesday afternoon after a bomb threat was made to the Corning Schools.  The affected students included SW

The Shenandoah School District and Shenandoah Medical Center were placed under brief lockdown Wednesday morning after there was a report of a man with

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway says the state doesn’t do a good job of tracking the effect of tax breaks.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia has received a license to begin offering abortions. Planned Parenthood Great Plains announced Tuesday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has more time to comply with stricter identification requirements under the Real ID Act. The Department of Homeland