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Northwest CIE ranked No. 21 among business incubators worldwide

June 25, 2014 By Summer Lowe, media relations assistant The Dean L Hubbard Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Northwest Missouri State University is among the top business incubators at universities worldwide, according to a new ranking. The list, produced by University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, ranks the Northwest CIE at 21st in the […]

Magazine names Larry Lee among ‘50 Missourians’ to know

June 26, 2014 Magazine names Larry Lee among ‘50 Missourians’ to know MARYVILLE, Mo. – Larry Lee, the director of Northwest Missouri State University’s Dean L. Hubbard Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), is featured this month in Ingram’s business magazine as one of “50 Missourians You Should Know.” The listing includes business executives, educators […]

Ground broken for junior golf course

Posted on Jun 19, 2014 http://www.maryvilledailyforum.com/news/article_1c5be63c-f7fb-11e3-a9c0-001a4bcf887a.html by Dalton Vitt A groundbreaking Thursday at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park provided a surge of excitement for local golf fans as the Tom Watson Junior Course moved a step closer to reality. The nine-hole course project, headed locally by Dr. Bruce Twaddle, is now officially under construction and “There […]

Ground Broken at Retirement Center

By Dalton Vitt Developers and local officials officially broke ground Tuesday on a major project in Maryville that is projected both to create jobs and provide an assisted living environment for the community’s elderly. ARCO Construction Co. crews have already started building the foundation of the Oak Pointe assisted living center. But Tuesday’s ceremony symbolized […]

LOCAL GRAD RATES WELL ABOVE NATIONAL MARK

By STEVE HARTMAN Maryville Daily Forum, Staff writer As national high school graduation rates hit the 80 percent milestone for the first time with a projection of a national graduation rate of 90 percent by 2020, the state of Missouri rightfully boasts that its graduation ratio is already 86 percent. But that’s nothing compared to […]

RURAL MISSOURI APPLAUDS MOZINGO GOLF

By TONY BROWN Maryville Daily Forum, News editor Recent recognition by a statewide magazine means that the municipal golf course at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park is beginning to meet expectations as a regional recreation destination, Assistant City Manager Ryan Heiland said Monday. Mozingo was picked this spring as the “Editor’s Choice” for golf courses in […]

Maryville Ranked Among Safest Places in Missouri

Movato, an online real estate brokerage based in San Mateo, CA, has ranked Maryville as the 8th safest place to live in Missouri. The firm looked at places with at least 10,000 in population and then ranked them based on FBI crime statistics from 2012. According to the report “Maryville saw a total of just 228 crimes, of […]

County tops for health in state

Posted April 4, 2014 at 3:18 pm Nodaway News Leader Nodaway County was ranked first among all 115 Missouri counties as being the healthiest. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a world-renown health organization, was the agency who ranked the nation’s counties across several categories with the results being released recently. Nodaway County placed high within […]

Kawasaki marks 8 millionth engine

By JIM FALL Executive editor, Maryville Daily Forum http://www.maryvilledailyforum.com/news-business-industry/kawasaki-marks-8-millionth-engine Amid a shower of balloons floating down from the ceiling, a traditional Japanese toast, and special recognition from Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. President Shigehiko Kiyama, employees and managers at the Kawasaki facility in Maryville celebrated production of the plant’s eight-millionth engine at 2:45 Friday afternoon. Regular […]

Greater Southern Nodaway County Community Foundation Receives Grant

Greater Southern Nodaway County Community Foundation (GSNCCF), an affiliate of Nodaway County Economic Development (NCED), has received a HEAL Grant, funding to the amount of $11,344.50, for their SN Fitness project, from HEALTHY PARTNERSHIPS (a partnership of Heartland Foundation, Heartland Health, and North Kansas City Hospital). All parties are committed to improving the health of […]