Northwest Regional Spelling Bee This Weekend

The Northwest Regional Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Mosaic Life Care Foundation, will be held this weekend in St. Joseph.

Thirteen northwest Missouri counties are sending their top two spellers to the regional competition with the champion moving on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the Washington D.C. area during the week of Memorial Day.

The Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee starts at 1 P.M. Saturday, March 4, at emPowerU located at 518 south 6th Street in St. Joseph.

Judges for the 2023 Regional Bee are Jeanette Malita, Lori Witham and Jolynn Venneman. Karen Heyde-Lipanovich will serve as director and pronouncer for the competition.