Stories from Saturday, March 3, 2018

Gladys M. Brown, 91, of Marshalltown, Iowa, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 1, at Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook, Iowa, with her loving family by her side. Following cremation, she will be laid to rest in Garwin Cemetery, in Iowa, with graveside services only at a later date. For more information or to send a condolence, please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call 641-844-1234. Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Gladys and her family...

Gary R. Richards Sr., 71, Moundville, passed away Sunday, Feb. 18, in the peace and comfort of St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo., with his family by his side, after enduring a battle with Lymphoma. Gary was a great man in every sense of the word. ...

By Gabe Franklin gfranklin.ndm@gmail.com Nevada Middle School hosted their third annual Family STEM Night on Thursday drawing a crowd of hundreds of students and their families. “It’s nice to see families coming in and working with their kids and having fun,” science teacher Angie Landoll said...

A dozen Nevada High student-athletes from head coach Ryan Watts’ cross country squad were recently named to the Missouri Class 3 Academic All-State team — putting the cherry on top of an ultra successful season. Highlights from the season included multiple top team finishes, six consecutive gold medals achieved by sophomore Calli Beshore; and a pair of Class 3 State championship meet qualifiers — Beshore and junior Patience Lockhart...

“There is nothing like opening day at Bennett Spring,” said 42-year-old Bobby Phillips, of Marshall — after taking part in his 20th consecutive opening day of catch-and-keep trout fishing season on Thursday. His inaugural trip for the opening of the catch-and-keep season at Bennett Spring was back when he was a 7-year-old...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. — The Cottey Comet softball team is off to a blistering start. Thursday’s twinbill thrashing off Independence (Kan.) Community College upped the Comets to 9-2 on the young season. Cottey trailed the opener 3-0 through three innings of play, before erupting for six runs on five hits in the top of the fourth...

The week of Valentine’s Day I was planning on writing an editorial for the Saturday edition about love and what it means to me. But on Valentine’s Day itself a young man filled with hate walked into a school in Parkland, Fla., and murdered 17 people and my heart broke and I couldn’t bring myself to write the words I had intended to write...

Hi neighbors. March is here! There are some celebrations special to this month. Women’s History Month, National Nutrition Month, Irish-American Heritage Month and the American Red Cross Month. Irish-American Heritage Month offers much recognition of this ethnic group who helped form American culture. Saint Patrick’s Day is only one day, but Irish-American heritages are celebrated all month. Check your ancestors. Most likely there is an Irish link in there somewhere...