Ravenwood Christian Church Revival October 25th to 28th

The Ravenwood Christian Church will be holding its fall revival from Sunday, October 25th to Wednesday, October 28th, John Mitchell, Executive Director with the Christian Restoration Association, will speak.

Before leading the Christian Restoration Association, Mr. Mitchell served 20 years in the Navy as a submarine officer before being ordained into ministry in 2003. He went on to minister to congregations in Virginia, Florida, and Kansas.

Revival times are as follows:

--Sunday, October 25th, 10:30 am.

--Sunday, October 25th, 6:00 pm.

--Monday, October 26th through Wednesday, October 28th at 7:00 pm.

Mr. Mitchell will also lead a Bible Study at 10:am each morning from Monday to Wednesday.

Four Hawks Named to All HDC Team

Four Gilman City Hawks were named to the All-HDC Team Monday following their 12-7 season. They got off to a rocky start, dropping their first two games, but turned it around as the season progressed. 

They were:

--Alli Burke (Unanimous)

--Kayleece Puls (Unanimous)

--Tenley Griffith (Unanimous)

--Nova Smith.

Coach Danny Lisle was named Coach of the Year in his first year.

Nodaway County Commission Minutes for October 13th, 2026

 Convene: Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker called the meeting of the Nodaway County Commission to order at 8:00 a.m. on October 13, 2026 at the Commissioner’s Office. Attendance:  Present: Walker, Chris Burns and Scott Walk.  Also present: Melinda Patton, County Clerk. 

Approval of Agenda and Prior Minutes: Commissioner Walk made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Burns seconded the motion. The motion passed by vote: Walker (Yes); Burns (Yes); Walk (Yes.)  Walk made a motion to approve prior commission minutes dated 10/8/26.  Burns seconded the motion. The motion passed by vote: Walker (Yes); Burns (Yes); Walk (Yes.)  

Approved: Invoice to Taylor Barrett Concrete Pumping, LLC; Nodaway County Emergency Services Board 911 Consolidation and NCESB invoices.

Accounts Payable: Checks #88818-88854

Requisitions: Circuit Clerk to Jury Payroll for jury duty; Collector/Treasurer to MTE for office supplies.

Reviewed: The Commission reviewed the following information received by mail or email:

• Emails and articles from citizen on proposed data center 

• Employee updates

Building/Property Maintenance – Fire suppression inspections were held in the Administration Building and Jail by Johnson Controls.  The Commission met with Jason Brown Roofing regarding the leaks in the roof of the Administration Building. Brown will put together a spec on the roof to put together a bid.  Brett McLain, Northwest Audio-Visual, stopped in to discuss the progress of the third-floor conference room for setting up the equipment.

Public Comment – Citizens discussed answers that have been supplied by White Cloud Acres, specifically the water usage, the J-turn for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), possibility of new data center and the ballot language for White Cloud Township. Present: Bruce Skoglund, Chiya Dawoudi, Steve Barmann, Scott Wilson, Susie Strauch, Amy Zeigler, Donna Tompkins, Josh McKim and Kim Mildward, Nodaway County Economic Development (NCED), Rex Wallace, Assessor and Sheriff Austin Hann.

BRO-074(003) Bridge - Reviewed and approved Invoice #12 for payment. 

CART Rock – Spoke with a citizen in Independence Township about a road concern. 

Lunch Break – Walk made a motion to adjourn for lunch.  Burns seconded the motion.  All in favor.

State of Emergency – Reviewed documents for Project FEMA 4929DR-MO.    

Nodaway County Handbook – Revisions to the handbook were submitted to Office Holders and the Commissioners for review and discussion. This will be revisited in late November for final approval before open enrollment.  The Commission discussed meal per diem amounts currently being used with the intent of revisiting during budget discussions and taking effect in 2027.  

Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments – Completed the annual project prioritization worksheets (STIP, safety and multi-modal prioritization, maintenance projects) to be discussed October 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. with Heather Montenguise, Community Planner.

Adjournment – Burns made a motion to adjourn until 10/15/2026.  Walk seconded the motion.  The motion passed by vote: Walker (Yes); Burns (Yes); Walk (Yes.)   

Groups Sue Highway Patrol Over Blacked Out Crash Reports

The Missouri Press Association (MPA) and the Missouri Broadcasters Association (MBA) have filed a petition in Cole County Circuit Court against the Missouri State Highway Patrol, saying the agency is illegally blacking out basic information in crash reports that Missourians have been able to see for decades. The two associations are joined by Gray Local Media, Inc., Warden Publishing Company, and managing editor Roxie Murphy.

For nearly 30 years, the Patrol posted traffic and boating crash reports online without redactions, and its own website once told the public that “all information on crash reports is considered an ‘open record’ and cannot be withheld from the public.”

Sometime in 2024, that changed. The Patrol began redacting names and other details — even the names of people killed in crashes — both in its online database and in responses to records requests. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law, the state’s open records law, these incident reports “shall be open records.”

Crash reports help communities learn who was hurt or killed, let families and neighbors get accurate information, and help the public spot dangerous roads and intersections. Journalists have long used unredacted reports to verify the identities of people who died on Missouri roads and to report on public safety and vehicle safety. Without them, it is far harder to hold public agencies accountable or to tell Missourians what is happening in their own communities.

The petition asks the court to order the Patrol to provide full, unredacted crash reports and to restore complete public online access, and it seeks civil penalties and attorney’s fees.

“Missourians have had the right to see these records for decades, and that right did not expire when the MSHP unilaterally changed its policy,” said Chad Stebbins, Executive Director of the Missouri Press Association. “We are standing up for all Missourians who deserve to know and understand the safety issues surrounding roads they travel every day. When the government blacks out the name of someone killed on a public road, it is the whole community that is kept in the dark.”

“People have been calling our member stations upset that they didn’t know that their neighbors or prominent community members were in a crash,” said Chad Mahoney, President and CEO of the Missouri Broadcasters Association. “Our stations serve people who deserve accurate, timely information about what happens on Missouri roads and waterways. We are asking the court to restore the access Missourians have always had.”

Nodaway County is Mandatory CWD Zone November 14th, 15th

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is again asking deer hunters to have their deer sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Hunters play an important role in helping MDC monitor the disease and the health of Missouri’s deer herd.

CWD is a contagious, deadly brain disease of white-tailed deer and other members of the deer family, called cervids. It has been found in Missouri and MDC is working with hunters and others to limit the impact of the disease on Missouri deer. Testing harvested deer for CWD is a vital effort to help identify where cases of the disease are in the state. 

MDC will again conduct mandatory CWD sampling of harvested deer during the opening weekend of the November portion of the firearms deer season – Nov. 14 and 15 – in select counties around the state. MDC has moved mandatory CWD sampling to a four-year county rotation. Mandatory CWD sampling will now be conducted in every county of the state once over the next four years. Learn more about Mandatory CWD Sampling at mdc.mo.gov/cwd.

Counties in northwest Missouri where mandatory sampling will be required this year of hunters who harvest deer on Nov. 14 or 15 are Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, and Nodaway. Mandatory CWD sampling locations for these northwest Missouri counties are:

 Andrew County Youth Building and Fairgrounds, 201 S. Banyon St. in Savannah

 Atchison City Barn, 412 Elm St. in Atchison

 Agency Community Center, 11351 HWY FF SE in Agency

 Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, 25564 HWY 159 near Mound City

 Nodaway County Community Fair Building, 25669 Hawk Road in Maryville

MDC is also offering voluntary CWD sampling opportunities for hunters who harvest deer in any county during Missouri’s deer hunting seasons. These additional sampling opportunities include MDC offices, cooperating taxidermists and meat processors, and self-service freezers.

Voluntary CWD sampling locations in northwest Missouri are:

 MDC Northwest Regional Office, 701 James McCarthy Drive in St. Joseph

 Polo Realty, 101 E. Elm St. in Polo (freezer)

 Father’s Pride Processing, 4893 N. Highway 13 in Hamilton

 Hale Fire Protection District, 109 E. Sunset Drive in Hale (freezer)

 Tina Quick Shop, 15534 Highway 65 in Tina

 Hoerr’s Meats LLC, 30176 CR 130 in Hale

 Mckenzie Deer Processing, 23562 Guthridge Ave in Keytesville

 MFA Gallatin, 24395 MO 6 in Gallatin (freezer)

 Meadowlark Farms, 29575 282nd in Gallatin

 Brown Custom Meats, 13227 Drake Ave. in Pattonsburg

 MFA Laredo, 410 E. 2nd in Laredo (freezer)

 American Sportsman, 3007 E. 10th in Trenton (freezer)

 French Harris Butcher Shop, 25384 November Road in Forest City

 Turp’s Best Baits, 12209 MO 5 in Marceline (freezer)

 Linn County USDA, 121 Pershing Road in Brookfield (freezer)

 New Boston, 15831 HWY 129 in New Boston (freezer)

 Hilltop Processing LLC, 14169 HYW PP in New Boston

 MDC Chillicothe Office, 15368 LIV 2386 in Chillicothe (freezer and office sampling)

 Crossroads Liquor, 502 N. College in Princeton (freezer)

 NW Processing, 103 Main St. in Elmo

 Lawson Fire and Rescue, 402 E. 6th in Lawson (freezer)

 Dawn to Dusk Taxidermy, 31511 W. 146 in Excelsior Springs

Hunters using self-service freezers will need to remove the deer’s head in advance so it can be left in the freezer. Hunters should cut off the head (and antlers for bucks) while leaving about six inches of neck attached before coming to the freezer head drop-off location. Hunters will need to record their name and contact information, Telecheck ID number, and location where the deer was harvested on materials provided. Materials will be available at the freezer sites such as trash bags, zip ties, and data sheets that hunters can use in labeling their deer heads. MDC staff will collect the deer heads for CWD testing throughout the season.

The freezers will not be available during mandatory CWD sampling weekend, Nov. 14-15, in mandatory CWD sampling counties.

For an interactive map of all voluntary CWD sampling sites throughout the state, visit mdc.mo.gov and look under Voluntary CWD Sampling.

Archery deer hunting runs through Nov. 13 and opens again Nov. 25 through Jan. 15, 2027. Firearms deer hunting opened with the early antlerless portion Oct. 9-11 followed by several other firearms portions through Jan. 5, 2027. For more information on deer hunting in Missouri, visit mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer.

Editorial -- West Virginia Example Shows Danger for Public School Funding

There was a disturbing story coming out of West Virginia, courtesy of the Mountain State Spotlight, a website that covers the state, and Pro Publica, a website which does investigative reporting around the country. Rep. Vernon Criss, a Republican, had proposed to limit payouts from a voucher program due to concerns about the state blowing a hole in its budget. 

Mr. Criss was not against school voucher programs for private schools. He voted for the bill that created the Hope Scholarship, the bill that created the voucher program. But the mere fact that he suggested common sense reforms that would allow the state to live within its means was a political death sentence. Billionaire groups like the Koch Brothers, Jeffrey Yass, and Americans for Prosperity spent tons of money to get him beat. They succeeded.

West Virginia is in a public school funding crisis. The Spotlight reports that 70 public schools have closed in the state since 2019, with 20 more in danger of closing at the end of this school year. 

It would be even worse if such a situation were to hit Missouri. If all the public schools were to close in this area, the nearest private schools would be Bishop LeBlond and St. Joseph Christian. Maryville has a private school in St. Gregory Barbarigo, but they do not teach beyond eighth grade. None of them have the capacity to handle an influx of hundreds of students if such a situation were to happen.

The Missouri Constitution, Article IX, states in Section 1 (a) that children have a right to a free public education. Section 8 prohibits public aid for religious purposes and institutions. The Legislature needs to fully fund public education as required by the Constitution in the 2027 session. If they want to fund private schools above and beyond that, they can submit a measure on the ballot for voters to consider like any other participant in the political process. 

Basketball Theme Nights at North Harrison

There will be basketball theme nights at North Harrison for both junior high and varsity basketball home games. Tuesday night was Pink Out Night. Upcoming home dates are as follows:

JUNIOR HIGH

November 16th -- PJ Night vs. Albany.

November 19th -- Neon Night vs. Lamoni.

VARSITY

November 24th -- Black Out Night vs. North Nodaway.

December 11th -- Camo Night vs. St. Joseph Christian.

December 18th -- Christmas Night vs. Pattonsburg. 

January 6th -- Hawaiian Night vs. Linn County.

January 19th -- "White Lies" Night vs. King City.

January 22nd -- Jungle/Animal Print Night vs. Worth County.

February 9th -- Adam Sandler Night vs. Northeast Nodaway.

February 12th -- Homecoming and Green Out Night vs. Platte Valley.