Maryville

Spring cleaning usually means tidying up homes or cars, but a new feature at Sunrise Bark Park is giving residents a chance to clean up something else — their pets.

Maryville Parks and Recreation Assistant Director Maggie Rockwood was announced as the next director Feb. 9. She will be taking over for outgoing Director Jeff Stubblefield.

The Maryville City Council has approved a hotel feasibility study aimed at evaluating opportunities for new lodging development in the community.

Fewer veterinary students are pursuing a career serving the country’s livestock industry, and the demand for graduates interested in working in large animal medicine outpaces the number who choose to specialize in the area.

Several improvement projects are underway in downtown Maryville this spring, including new construction, demolition and historic preservation work.

The Maryville Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a draft of the city’s next comprehensive plan at its March 19 meeting.

As Maryville prepares to adopt its comprehensive plan for the next 20 years, understanding the city’s housing stock and its direction is a critical piece of goal-making through 2045.

An email sent to Northwest students on Feb. 16 provided an update to the pay rates of student employees on campus. Students will now make $15 an hour, up from the $10.30 they currently receive.

Haven Coffee and Goods is experimenting with a new way to energize its customers — through live music.

The Nodaway County Sheriff's Office has reported that all three suspects are in custody.