Stories from Thursday, October 10, 2013

Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh Board of Aldermen decided during its meeting Monday to hire someone for $50 to read the city's approximately 100 water meters. "In the next water bill we will put out a notice that we are looking for a water meter reader," mayor Sherry Brown said. "They wouldn't have to live in the city, as long as we don't get any takers who live in the city."...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on local manufacturer 3M following a recent information session and tour for local lawmakers and business officials. By Floyd Jernigan Ask just about anyone who is not employed by 3M and he or she will tell you 3M is the company that makes sticky notes and tape...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor WARRENSBURG -- The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team entered play in the Class 3, District 13 softball tournament Wednesday night, taking on a familiar opponent in the Lady Cardinals of Clinton High School. The two squads entered the contest knowing that every game from this point on would be a "win or go home" situation and though Clinton entered the tournament as the third seed, while Nevada was seeded sixth, there wasn't really a clear favorite heading into Wednesday's contest. ...

Top-seeded Harris-onville blanked the Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team, 5-0, Tuesday in a semifinal match of the district team tournament at Harrisonville High School. The Lady Wildcats won all of the singles matches to advance to Wednesday's championship match. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Mikayla Bartlett has always been a well-known name to fans of Nevada High School sports and though she's been away from the volleyball and basketball courts for the better part of the past two years, the wait for her return may finally be approaching its end...

Hume edged Bronaugh in a three-game set in volleyball Tuesday night, with Bronaugh winning the first game 25-20. Hume bounced back though in the second, for a 25-15 decision. Then in the third and deciding game, Hume squeaked out a 25-21 decision. Hume improved to 4-0 in the conference with the victory...

The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade volleyball team finished the regular season with an overall record of 7-2 and has earned the second seed in the Tri-County postseason tournament, which will be played next week. Head coach Marsha Hooper's squad will enter the tournament seeded behind only Carthage, which took the top spot. ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Officials from the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas League voted at its annual winter meeting on Oct. 6, to expand the league's membership by one team. Beginning in the 2014 season, the Branson Nationals will join the MINK League South Division as it's fifth team. The remaining four teams -- Joplin, Sedalia, Nevada and Ozark -- will all return to the league next year, creating a five-team division...