Stories from Friday, April 29, 2022

During Tuesday evening's Nevada City Council meeting, two Nevada residents spoke before the council during the public participation and communication and petitions portions of the meeting. The first to address the council was Julie Hodges, of Nevada. ...

Robert James Baer, 33, of Harwood, Mo., passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Alexander, N.D. Robby was born Aug. 19, 1988, in Springfield, Mo., to Robert C. Baer and Shellie D. (Peace) Baer. He met Ashley Harms in Junior High and they have been building their high school sweetheart life together ever since. They were married on April 18, 2015, at the Rinehart Christian Church...

Mark Paul Koca, age 59, passed away April 25, 2022. He was a member of First Christian Church in El Dorado Springs and was baptized on April 24, 1977. Mark was born to Paul and Ruth Koca in El Dorado Springs, Mo., and raised on the family farm. After graduating from El Dorado Springs High School, he attended CMSU in Warrensburg, Mo., earning a Bachelor of Science degree in technology education with a minor in manufacturing and construction...

After a game that was originally going to be played yesterday but was moved up to Wednesday to beat the rain, Nevada suffered their fourth loss of the 2022 spring season in Lamar. They lost to the Lamar Tigers 5-4 after a call from the umpire when it was tied 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh, that sent the Lamar Tiger base runner home after a fake tag at third base by Caiden Klumpp when a ball was hit into right field. ...