Mozingo hotel manager preps for April opening
By TONY BROWN Staff writer Maryville Daily Forum As the April 1 opening date nears for the new Boulders Inn & Suites Maryville hotel at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park, newly hired General Manager Sharlet Dumke is busy preparing for the lakeside lodge’s first season as electricians, painters, carpenters, and other workers put the finishing touches […]
Maryville celebrates rebirth of carbon black plant
By TONY BROWN Staff writer Maryville Daily Forum Many Maryville officials turned out Friday for opening ceremonies welcoming the city’s newest corporate citizen, Maryville Carbon Solutions. The first manufacturing facility opened by Boulder, Colorado-based startup Bolder Industries, Maryville Carbon, is housed in the former Carbolytic Materials Company plant, which closed in 2012 after a troubled […]
Manufacturing course seeks to fill skills gap
By TONY BROWN Staff writer Maryville Daily Forum It’s a tough economy, right? Jobs are hard to come by, right? U.S. manufacturing is mostly outsourced overseas, and there just aren’t any good factory jobs anymore, right? Wrong, says Josh McKim, executive director of Nodaway County Economic Development. In Maryville at any rate, McKim claims, factory […]
Treatment center marks 20th anniversary
By TONY BROWN Staff writer, Maryville Daily Forum Missouri’s top prison official was in town Thursday to congratulate staff members at the Maryville Treatment Center on the occasion of the penal institution’s 20th anniversary. George Lombardi, director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, called MTC and the 239 people who work there a “critical part […]
Work begins on Kawasaki-funded street, ramp
By TONY BROWN Staff writer, Maryville Daily Forum Dec 8, 2016 A government/private sector partnership formed to improve traffic flow on South Main Street in the vicinity of the Kawasaki Motors factory has led to the start of construction of a paving project along 285th Street that will include a new southbound ramp onto […]
Gov. Nixon announces St. Francis daycare grant
By TONY BROWN Staff writer Maryville Daily Forum Oct 5, 2016 Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was in Maryville Tuesday to tout a couple of state-backed local initiatives he praised as measures that will create new opportunities for early childhood education on the one hand and workforce training and readiness on the other. During ceremonies at […]
Gov. Nixon celebrates Nodaway County earning Certified Work Ready Community status
Maryville, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon today visited St. Francis Hospital in Maryville to congratulate Nodaway County leaders for being designated a Certified Work Ready Community. Gov. Nixon said Nodaway County’s successful efforts to strengthen its workforce training program is helping to attract and retain jobs to the community. “Nodaway County brought together local businesses, […]
Scooter’s Coffee to Locate in Maryville
Maryville, MO – Scooter’s Coffee is pleased to announce a new location in Maryville, Missouri at 1308 S. Main Street. Founded in 1998, Scooter’s Coffee is fortunate to have nearly two decades of success due to its commitment to the original business principles and company core values: Amazing People, Serving Amazing Drinks. The location will […]
4th of July Spectacular
Are you ready to have fun!?!? Please join us at Mozingo for the 4th of July Spectacular presented by Kawasaki Maryville Plant. The event is free to the public & will feature a FREE Human Foosball Tournament, inflatables & games, mechanical riding bull, FREE Kool Kats, live music from The Mixtapes & DOUBLE THE FIREWORKS!!! […]
Ground broken for Mozingo hotel construction
By TONY BROWN Staff writer Maryville Daily Forum Construction of a long-awaited hotel at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park officially got under way Thursday afternoon as local officials, along with representatives from developer Boulders Inn & Suites, picked up a dozen gold-painted shovels and turned over a few pounds of ceremonial earth. The 40-room hotel — […]