Fundraiser planned for Northern SkillsUSA trip

Two Montana State University-Northern students are trying to pay their way to Louisville, Kentucky, for the annual SkillsUSA national convention, but find themselves short on funds.

Joseph Vernon and Connor Schnicke are organizing a fundraiser, asking people to take scrap metal to Pacific Steel and Recycling and to let the company know that it is a donation to the MSU-Northern SkillsUSA Club.

SkillsUSA is an organization that focuses on applicable technical sciences and takes high school and college students, trains, competes and prepares them for future careers.

Kevin Ruby, their clu...