Joy Hansen, lifelong resident of Hopkins, received life-changing news in May that no one wants to hear.

Forget Emeril Lagossi, Paula Deen and Rachael Ray –– Maryville Hy-Vee’s Cooking School is coming to town.

A new car dealership will be opening in Maryville this month, offering sales and auto repair as well as another reason for area residents to shop locally as well as possibly draw outsiders into the city.

The winners of the Pickering Draft Horse Pull were:

The clock is ticking to apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency  to repair damages from recent flood waters.

The annual Ravenwood Festival will kick off this weekend with a redneck-themed town celebration.

Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 to vote

While the activities have changed over the years, the attitudes of those involved in the Town and Country Days in Burlington Junction have not.

For the third time, Jennifer Hernandez had more than 11 inches cut from her hair to donate to Locks of Love. Tina Spurgin of Guys and Dolls Hair Studio gave Hernandez a cut and style Thursday morning.

Northwest Missouri State University signed on its second tenant for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship –– this time a environmental, chemical and biological consulting firm.

Inclement weather is no longer the reason for delays in the construction of the new Nodaway County Administration Center.

A man charged in connection with the 2007 Mandarin Restaurant shooting death pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Wednesday in Nodaway County Court, waiving his right to a jury trial.

Four and 5 year olds know more about what’s going on in their world than some may think.

The Maryville Head Start classroom located at Community Services Inc. completed a series of workshops last week educating the children on energy and what it means to them.

What do the Director of Maryville Public Safety, the Medical Director at Northwest, the Circuit Judge of Nodaway County, the Director of Children and Family Services in Maryville, and the Executive Director of Community Services have in common? They are all graduates of the Leadership Maryville program.

Whether flying airplanes, parachuting from thousands of feet above ground, backpacking up mountainsides or making electrical and plumbing repairs, nothing in her life thus far prepared Sister Sean Douglas for her most recent calling.