Stories from Saturday, November 28, 2015

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada Public Works will pick up leaves starting Monday, Nov. 30. Leaf pickup will begin in the southwest quarter then move to the northwest, northeast and southeast being the last quarter.

Nevada Daily Mail The Annual Toy Drive is underway. Donate a new, unwrapped gift until Wednesday, Dec. 16. Dropoff locations are Community Outreach at 229 N. Cedar, Chamber of Commerce, 225 W Austin, and Hoffman Financial Resources, 225 Austin. For questions call Community Outreach at 417-667-4339...

Nevada Daily Mail Visitors will have an opportunity to join a park naturalist at Prairie State Park near Mindenmines on a guided bison hike. The hike will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Regal Tallgrass Prairie Nature Center. Participants will explore the prairie while learning about bison. ...

Nevada Daily Mail New Cottey President Dr. Jann Weitzel gave members of the Nevada Lions Club an overview of the latest at the college and a glimpse of possible future plans, as well as an overview of the many events going on at the school. Dr. Weitzel gave a brief history of Cottey as her introduction. The college was founded by Virginia Alice Cottey in 1884 to provide opportunities for young women...

The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade girls basketball team suffered its first defeat of the season as they were edged by Carl Junction 26-25 Monday night at Carl Junction. Point guard Calli Beshore scored a team-high 10 points. The Nevada B-team defeated Carl Junction 27-15. Lani Coonrod had a team-high eight points, while Madison Hyder added six...

With victories over Carl Junction and Neosho the Nevada Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball A-team clinched the Tri-County regular-season Conference championship. Nevada (9-0 overall, 6-0 TCC) defeated Carl Junction 42-18 Monday night at Carl Junction. The NMS B-team beat Carl Junction 25-15...

Cooking wild game has always been an important part of the Missouri cuisine. It is as American as apple pie. To hunt and fish and eat game and fish, come naturally to Missourians. When a hunter brings home a deer, get ready for some tasty eating. Although many people today profess not to like deer or other wild game ---- they think it's strong and it has a wild flavor which causes it to be wasted many times. ...