Several new fruit trees will soon be blooming in Columbus City Park

Several new fruit trees will soon be blooming in Columbus City Park thanks to a number of local volunteers. Molly Baurain assisted Christina Holmes with removing the tree from its burlap bag as Mayor Grant Spieth steadies the trunk of the tree. Photo by Jacob Spencer.

Coons elected to GS Council

A Columbus business woman has been named to the Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland board of directors. Fawna Coons, owner of Columbus Farm Bureau Financial Services was elected to the six person board during their Heartland Annual Business Meeting March 19.

COVID treatment now in transition

Brighter days are on the horizon for the community, as Cherokee County Health Department Administrator Betha Elliott recently reported that the state is transitioning the treatment of COVID-19 from a pandemic to an endemic.

Rep. Houser talks at Chamber meet

Approximately a dozen citizens met at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce meet your legislators breakfast held in the Maple UnCommon Guest House and Gallery lobby. State Representative Mike Houser talked at the breakfast April 4. Redistricting was reported to be one of his main focuses.

Park students served royal tea party

The fanciest of events was recently held in Columbus’s Park Elementary School cafeteria. The school’s Kindergarten classes were invited to attend a Royal Tea Party to coincide with their kings and queens reading unit on March 31.