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Real estate taxes due to increase, assessor explains why (4/21/25)

About 20 people braved the rainy weather to attend the third Coffee and Conversation held Saturday morning, April 19, at the Nevada Public Library Annex. For many, the topic of the event topic was likely For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...
NRTC to host culinary competition Saturday at NHS (4/17/25)

The kitchen is going to get a little heated Saturday, and not just from the cooking going on. Nevada Regional Technical Center will host the Nevada Culinary Classic competition beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in the Nevada High School Auxiliary Gym...
Housing Authority aims to keep landlords informed about options for low income tenants (4/22/25)

April is Fair Housing Month. Annually, the Nevada Housing Authority holds informative programs for Section 8 Landlords at the Housing Authority office, the most recent being on April 18. Amanda Koehn, NHA Director, explained the differences in housing rental through the organization...
Nevada Tiger Golfers finish second Wednesday at the Lamar JV Invitational (4/21/25)

The course was not in the best condition. The fairways were extremely rough, the greens had just been plugged and sanded, and there was some major construction in progress on the course. Coach Chase Owen took both JV squads to allow them some playing time in some tournaments. This was only a 9-hole tournament...
Nevada Tiger Golf Team finish 10th at Carthage Invitational Tournament (4/22/25)

As expected, the course was extremely wet. The golfers played Lift, Clean, & Place due to the wet conditions. This tournament has several Class 4 & Class 5 schools competing in it including Nixa, Carl Junction, Republic, and Ozark. Nevada finished right in the middle of the field at 10th place out of 20 teams. Nevada shot a team total of 340. ...
Downtown businesses' history to come to life during walking tour (4/24/25)

Did you know Vernon County had the first female sheriff in the state of Missouri? Did you know W.F. Norman’s original drop-presses were bought used in 1898 and are still functional today? For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...
Jakes gather for hunting, breakfast, helping birds' habitat (4/17/25)

Starting around 4 a.m. to be ready for a 5 a.m. opening, the organizers and volunteers of the local Jakes Club of the National Wild Turkey Association set out a nourishing breakfast for the opening day of the Missouri youth turkey hunting season. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...
Strangers gather to help neighbors clean up tornado debris (4/14/25)

Saturday, April 12, was anything but a quiet weekend morning in Moundville as the sound of chain saws and skid loaders mingled with peoples’ personal recollections of the EF-1 tornado that assaulted the area just 10 days prior on April 2. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...
Nevada Tiger Golfers took second place in Horton Smith Junior Golf Tournament (4/17/25)

The course was in excellent condition. This is the first tournament we have “played the ball down.” The greens at the Schifferdecker course are always very fast and very small. The morning temperatures were very chilly requiring at least three layers. The wind was brisk gusting up to 25 mph at times. Once the sun came out, the temps started to warm up. At this time some of the layers started to get removed. ...
Clean up blitz planned at Moundville; volunteers welcome (4/10/25)

If it takes a village to raise a child, what happens when the village itself is in need of some extra help? That’s what Tonya Cliffman and the residents of Moundville, population 77, were working on during an organizational meeting Wednesday, April 9, in one of the structures left untouched by the April 2 tornado which took out significant and historic parts of their town. ...