The “Scouting for Food” drive Saturday in Trenton collected 2,470 pounds of non-perishable food items, paper products, and personal hygiene items for the Grundy County Food Pantry. The donations were from residential areas in Trenton. Spokesman Dean Sager said the community was very generous in donating over 700 pounds more than in 2019. Sager noted […]
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Trenton Boy Scouts to host “Scouting For Food” campaign
Trenton area Scouts will collect nonperishable food and household items on November 7th for their annual “Scouting for Food” campaign to benefit the Community Food Pantry of Grundy County. Items should be placed near the front door or porch and be visible from the street. Scouts and parents helping will meet at the Wesley United […]
Newman Mic-O-Say scholarship is now accepting applications
Mosaic Life Care Foundation’s Patrick L. Newman Mic-O-Say scholarship is now accepting applications. The Mic-O-Say scholarship provides educational assistance to the Tribe of Mic-O-Say members and is not restricted by geographic location. The opportunity is offered through a partnership between Mosaic Life Care Foundation and the Pony Express Council of the Boy Scouts of America. […]
Cole Soptic awarded title of Eagle Scout
An Eagle Scout ceremony was held Sunday for Cole Soptic of Trenton who is the son of Jeremy and Cindy Soptic of Trenton. Cole joined Trenton Boy Scout Troop 97 in 2014 after completing the cub scout program with Pack 23. While in boy scouts, he advanced through the ranks while earning 31 merit badges. […]
Trenton Boy Scouts set to begin “Scouting for Food” campaign
Boy Scouts from the Trenton area will hang door tags this weekend for their annual Scouting For Food campaign to benefit the Community Food Pantry of Grundy County in Trenton. Scouts and parents will meet in the Fellowship Hall of Wesley United Methodist Church of Trenton Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The collection of non-perishable […]
Missouri Day Festival 2019: Everything you need to know if you are attending the event
Get This Complete Missouri Day Printable Schedule with Dates and Times of Activites Missouri Day Opening Ceremonies and Soup Supper The Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance will host a soup supper to raise money for its Good Samaritan Fund. Dockery Chapel United Methodist Church Pastor Jim King says the meal will be served at the First […]
Cox family announced as Grand Marshal of Missouri Day Parade
Missouri Day organizers say no other family embodies the theme of the 2019 Missouri Day Festival like Dr. Paul and Barbara Cox and Dr. Andy and Holly Cox and their family. “Missouri Day – Embracing the Past, Looking to the Future” is the theme and the Cox family certainly mirrors this theme. Tracing back to […]
Applications now open for Mic-O-Say Scholarship
Applications are being accepted for the Mosaic Life Care Foundation’s Patrick L. Newman Mic-O-Say Scholarship. The scholarship provides educational assistance to the Boy Scouts Tribe of Mic-O-Say members. The scholarship is not restricted by geographic location as there are Mic-O-Say members from multiple Northwest Missouri counties. Those areas include Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, and Harrison counties […]
Extensive lineup of performers scheduled for Chautauqua in the Park
The Chillicothe Area Arts Council will provide stage entertainment at Chautauqua in the Park in Chillicothe this weekend. The event will be held at Simpson Park Saturday from 9 o’clock in the morning to 6 o’clock in the evening and Sunday from 10 to 4 o’clock. The stage will be located in the center of […]
Three Missouri high school teachers among semifinalists for 2019 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools prize
Three Missouri high school skilled trades teachers are among 50 teachers and teacher teams from across the country who were named today as semifinalists for the 2019 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. They and their skilled trades programs are in the running for a share of $1 million in total cash […]
Former St. Joseph Boy Scout leader sentenced for distributing child pornography
A former St. Joseph, Mo., Boy Scout leader was sentenced in federal court for distributing child pornography over the internet. Michael R. Goeller, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to six years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Goeller to 10 years of supervised release following incarceration. Goeller, […]
Trenton Park Board approves deficit budget at Wednesday meeting
The Trenton Park Board approved a deficit budget at its meeting Wednesday evening. The 2019-2020 budget includes estimated total expenditures of $565,716 which is an increase of $12,951.84 from the 2018-2019 park budget. The estimated expenditures for this year include $292,660 for parks and $273,056 for the pool. Revenue is projected at $555,320 which is […]