The Putnam County R-1 School District recently recognized Justin Webb as the Career and Technical Education Student of the Month for March 2021. Student winners are chosen by the vocational faculty based on a set of criteria that includes: attendance, grades, cooperation with fellow students and teachers, enthusiasm for subject(s), attitude both in the classroom […]
Fourteen counties will send their top two spellers to compete when Mosaic Life Care Foundation hosts and sponsors the Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee this weekend. Registration for the bee will begin at EmPowerU at 518 South Sixth Street in Saint Joseph Saturday afternoon at 12:30. The competition will start at 1 o’clock. Those spellers […]
Several high schools recently participated virtually in Science Olympiad hosted by North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri. Those high schools included Maysville, Northeast Nodaway, Pattonsburg, South Harrison, and Stanberry. The event covered several areas of the sciences, including life, earth, space, physical, chemistry, technology engineering, and inquiry. As a few examples, in one event, […]
In the effort to hold an in-person event celebrating accomplishments of FFA members across the state while being responsible for current COVID-19-related health concerns, Missouri FFA plans to hold its 93rd Annual State FFA Convention on April 30 and May 1 at the Mathewson Exhibition Center on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. The […]
Five rock and four country bands will compete in April for a chance to open for the Mid-America Music Festival in July. The bands will also compete for a chance to win $1,000. The Battle of the Bands will be at the Black Silo Winery of Trenton on April 16th and 17th. Doors will open […]
Plans for the first annual Trenton High School Alumni Weekend Car Show are progressing and organizers have announced that trophies will be awarded in 19 classes plus two special awards. First and second place trophies will be presented to winners in categories with the voting to be done by the exhibitors at the September 4th […]
Fans in the Ketcham Community Center and those viewing from home through the Pirates Digital Media website helped NCMC celebrate Homecoming and Alumni Appreciation Day Saturday, February 27th. Pirate Crew rally towels were made available by Phyllis Jackson, and additional give-a-ways were provided by the NCMC Alumni Association and the NCMC Marketing Department. NCMC Student […]
The beginning of the “Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest” is underway with photos of Missouri agriculture and rural life eligible for the contest. Last year, more than 1,000 entries were received showcasing Missourians’ passion for and commitment to the state’s No. 1 industry, agriculture. The contest is open to any amateur photographer with a […]
North Central Missouri College Foundation announces the Distinguished Alumni Class for 2020 honorees: Dr. Jamie Hooyman, Mr. John Sturdevant, and Mr. Donovan Thompson. Distinguished Alumni honorees will be recognized during the Pirates Ball on March 13, 2021, at the Ketcham Community Center on the campus of North Central Missouri College along with Voyage Fund donors, […]
The Putnam County R-1 School District recently recognized Maggie Fernandez as the Career and Technical Education Student of the Month for February 2021. Student winners are chosen by the vocational faculty based on a set of criteria that includes: attendance, grades, cooperation with fellow students and teachers, enthusiasm for subject(s), attitude both in the classroom […]
The Trenton Police Department has shared ways to recognize and avoid Publishers Clearing House scams. Publishers Clearing House does not email or call its big winners. Someone will never have to pay to receive a legitimate win. A check does not mean someone has won. The Trenton Police advise residents not to provide confidential information […]
Most Missouri K-12 public schools have been offering in-person classes at least partially for several months, yet most teachers are not eligible to get a coronavirus vaccination. They will all be eligible in the next phase but that could be a couple of months away. Darbie Valenti-Huff, with the St. Joseph School District in northwest […]
(Missouri Independent) – The White House on Wednesday indicated that President Joe Biden would support studying reparations for slavery, the same day that House Democrats held a hearing on legislation that would set up a reparations commission. But White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stopped short of saying Biden would sign the bill under consideration […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton residents on February 11th on probation violations. Thirty-two-year-old Domanic James Lee Ratkovich was arrested on a capias warrant. His original charge was felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid. His bond is $5,000 cash only. […]
Audrey Danielson of Kirksville helped save lives by recently hosting an American Red Cross blood drive and earned a $1,000 scholarship as a result of her lifesaving efforts. As part of the Red Cross Leaders Save Lives winter program, the Kirksville High School student hosted a blood drive at The Crossing on Dec. 30, which […]
The Grundy County Jewett Norris Library of Trenton is holding a Valentine’s Day bear drawing. School-aged youth who drop off Valentine’s Day cards into the library’s book drop on Main Street will be entered into the drawing for two teddy bears. Each card must include a youth’s first and last name as well as a phone […]
The candidates for the 2021 North Central Missouri College Homecoming and Alumni Appreciation Day have been announced. Festivities will be held on February 27th when NCMC men’s and women’s basketball take on Region 16 foe Metropolitan Community College. Nominees for king and queen had to be current NCMC sophomores in good standing, nominated by their […]
A Trenton Middle School seventh-grader won the Grundy County Spelling Bee on January 29th. Titus Kottwitz won with the word cymbals. Pleasant View R-6 student Astrid Soriano placed second. Kottwitz and Soriano will represent Grundy County in the Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee in Saint Joseph on March 13th. Pleasant View student Abbye Johnson is […]
(Missouri Independent) – Seven U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday urged the chamber’s ethics panel to look into Sen. Josh Hawley’s unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in connection with the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. The Democrats also want a similar probe of Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s actions and the Jan. […]
The top yield in the Missouri Soybean Yield Contest is the result of trying new growing techniques. The contest winner, Gary Porter of Mercer County, in Northern Missouri, topped the competition with his dryland yield of 106 bushels an acre. “We were just thrilled to death,” Porter told Brownfield Ag News. “I know the combine […]
