Big Events planned by MV Chamber
Published 4:00 am Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Missouri Valley Chamber sets Monster Crawl, kids parade and Trunk or Treat for Halloween
Don Harrold, Executive Editor
don.harrold@enterprisepub.com
The Missouri Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold three Halloween events over the next two weeks: an adults-only Monster Crawl on Saturday, Oct. 24, the kids Halloween parade and hot dog feed on Thursday, Oct. 29, and Trunk or Treat on Halloween night, Saturday, Oct. 31. Missouri Valley Chamber of Commerce President Jeannie Wortman outlined the details of each event.
The Monster Crawl begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Rand Center. “We’re doing a Monster Crawl, which is designed for adults only, 21 and older. ID is required,” Wortman said. Costumes are required as well. “Yes, you need to be in costume,” she said.
Participants will walk from the Rand Center to stops along Erie Street. “They meet here at the Rand Center, and we go up to the sidewalks along Erie Street, and there are probably at this point seven locations that we’ll stop at for a treat of some sort,” Wortman said. The route is about a mile and ends at the Eagles Club. “We start at 4, and we’re usually at the Eagles by about 6 o’clock,” she said.
The Eagles Club will hold a costume contest that night and host the live band Drunk Monkey. Wortman said the Eagles will serve alcohol because it is a club and lounge. She plans to take part this year. “I didn’t get to participate last year, so definitely this year I will be … I know we have a lot of teachers that are interested in coming, and someone has a birthday that day, and so they have a group that’s coming. So it’ll be a fun, fun time,” she said.
The kids Halloween parade and hot dog feed, a tradition of more than 40 years, is Oct. 29. Children meet in the St. Pat’s Church parking lot for a costume contest, with judging from 4:15 to 4:30 p.m. Three judges from the banks will choose the winners. By 4:45 p.m., the children line up on Erie Street, and the high school band leads them to the fire hall, Wortman said.
The chamber organizes the parade, and local businesses and groups supply the food and treats. State Farm, through Steve Keller’s local office, sponsors the treat bags. Washington County Bank will donate and grill the hot dogs at the fire hall. “They donate the hot dogs, and they grill the hot dogs, and so everybody gets a hot dog that wants one,” Wortman said. CHI Hospital donates juice boxes, the Knights of Columbus usually hand out large Tootsie Rolls, and Azria Health Longview will provide popcorn. Wortman said the bank also held the first responders event. “They’re very community orientated,” she said.
Trunk or Treat is Halloween night, Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. in front of the Rand Center. “Currently, I have nine vehicles,” Wortman said. Participants include the chamber, Agrovision, Crime Stoppers, the newspaper, the hospital, Azria, American National Bank, Les Hills Memorials and Christy Dagmatik. Wortman said she believes Agrovision will serve hot dogs.
Other trunk-or-treat events are planned around town, including ones at Grace Community church and at Trivium. Wortman said the locations make it convenient for parents driving their children around town. After Halloween, the chamber will hold a toy drive to help the food pantry, which distributes toys along with its Christmas food packages. The food pantry, on North First Street in a building beside a church, is open Tuesday and Friday mornings and runs both a food pantry and a clothing pantry. Wortman said the chamber will have at least three Christmas events and will share details later.
The chamber is also reviewing applicants for Wortman’s position. She said two people have applied so far and that a committee will review the applications and conduct interviews. At its most recent board meeting, the chamber set its 2027 calendar. “We have dates for all of the events for next year. As of this point, we don’t have all the chair people committed as of yet because there could be some new people in there, some changes. But we do have all of the dates,” Wortman said.
