TOBACCO is not a plant we are used to seeing in our area. Council Grove resident and avid gardener Mark Berner saw that tobacco could be grown when temperatures are above 50 degrees so he th…

SETH UNRUH 5th grade student at Prairie Heights Elementary School, was selected as Artist of the Week for being a good listener and trying to do his best.

The Council Grove City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at City Hall. After a welcome and call to order, the Pledge of Allegiance will be recited and an invocation will be…

TALENTED MUSICIANS -- Mary Yoder, president of the Community Arts Council of Council Grove, said it was wonderful to hear the talented, classical musicians Saturday night at the Trail Days Arts & …

LAY WREATH IN HONOR OF VICTIMS -- The annual Patriot Day Ceremony was held at the Council Grove Fire Station and attended by approximately 120 students from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade of Coun- cil Gro…

The USD 417 Board of Education held its rescheduled September meeting on Thursday, September 11, 2025. About a dozen district residents attended, many expressing concern during the public forum about …

The historic St. Rose Chapel in Council Grove, erected in 1883, will welcome visitors during the upcoming Santa Fe Trail Symposium and associated events, beginning September 19.

Parishioners have clean…

The Council Grove Braves rolled to a decisive 41-0 win over the Mission Valley Vikings on Friday night, delivering a dominant performance on both sides of the ball.

Council Grove’s offense piled …

It’s hard to imagine that the disaster at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 could have been any worse. And yet for one simple fact—the time of day—it would have been far m…