Northwest Missouri storms the capitol
By KAITY HOLTMAN Staff writer, Maryville Daily Forum Posted on Feb 6, 2015 Nearly 300 representatives from across the northwest Missouri region gathered in Jefferson City on Tuesday, Feb. 3 and Wednesday, Feb. 4 as part of Great Northwest Days. Kicking off the two-day event was the introduction of the group to the House of […]
Federal-Mogul celebrates employee success
Posted on Jan 21, 2015 by Tony Brown MARYVILLE, Mo. — Employees at the Federal-Mogul Motorparts factory in Maryville recently celebrated a couple of milestones. First of all, workers were recognized with time-in-service awards during the company’s annual banquet held at the Maryville Country Club. The second distinction marked the completion of 6 million work […]
City Hall reports Kawasaki expansion plans
Posted on Jan 9, 2015 by Tony Brown Maryville Daily Forum According to a municipal staff report attached to the agenda for Monday’s Maryville City Council meeting, Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. U.S.A. has announced plans to undertake a 100,800 square-foot expansion that will include upgraded machining operations and new equipment. The report stated that the […]
Gov. Nixon congratulates the Missouri Department of Economic Development on being named the best economic development agency in the country
Dec. 11, 2014 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Department of Economic Development has been named the number one economic development agency in the country by the nation’s premier international brokerage and consulting firms, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today. According to AEDI/Pollina Corporate, this is the first time the organization has formally ranked state agencies making […]
Kawasaki, city reach annexation deal
By TONY Brown News editor, Maryville Daily Forum Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 6:07 am Maryville’s largest employer is about to become an actual part of the city of Maryville. City Manager Greg McDanel and Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp. U.S.A. Plant Manager and Vice President Steve Bratt jointly announced at Monday’s City Council meeting that […]
Nucor-LMP hosts intern from Germany
By Katheryn Rice, Nodaway News Leader November 20, 2014 Jessi Althajmer of Solingen, Germany, wanted an internship with a US manufacturer to improve her grasp of technical English. She had planned to work in Chicago, but a friend of her father, Theri Paraskevas, GM of EJP, recommended Nucor LMP Steel, Inc., Maryville, for the internship. […]
The miracle of Mozingo is revisited
Jim Fall Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 9:28 am The miracle of Mozingo is revisited Jim Fall maryvilledailyforum.com | 0 comments It was a sunny autumn afternoon, pretty much 20 years ago, that I first realized that something wonderful was in the making for Maryville and northwest Missouri. Certainly, I was not doing the first […]
Report lists Northwest among ‘2015 Best Colleges’ in region
Maryville Daily Forum Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 9:51 am | Updated: 11:44 am, Wed Sep 17, 2014. MARYVILLE, Mo.— Northwest Missouri State University is included on U.S. News and World Report’s list of “2015 Best Colleges” and ranks as the top moderately selective regional university in Missouri. U.S. News ranked Northwest at No. 80 […]
Power Built Here: Kawasaki’s Maryville plant to celebrate 25th year
Nodaway Newsleader August 2014 In June 1989, Tim Melvin along with his Kawasaki associates, produced the first small industrial engine in the Maryville facility. That engine was started and then packed away as a historic artifact of the beginnings of Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, USA’s Maryville plant. The engine was unpacked this summer, lubricated and […]
Heywood donation supports new course
With the Tom Watson Junior Golf Course officially under construction after its groundbreaking ceremony June 19, one Maryville man has stepped up to make a crucial contribution. Orval Heywood, who cares deeply about the course and its potential impact on the community and the sport, has made a $60,000 commitment to the project. “I wanted […]