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The Student Leadership Team
The Student Leadership Team at Council Grove Elementary School is an opportunity available for all 5th and 6th grade students to apply by their choice. The application included a self-assessment and a teacher assessment of the school’s PRIDE core values and an essay about leadership. There were 31 students apply. Students were then selected to interview. Finally, 13 students were selected. The selection committee consisted of all 5th and 6th grade homeroom teachers, Mr. Finch, Mrs. Bolieu, Mrs. Bremer, and Mrs. Green. The student team will grow their leadership skills, assist with pop tab collection for the Ronald McDonald House, help plan the Sixth Grade Celebration, and more. Selected were - Back Row (L to R): Elmer Yoder, Brooklyn Ross, Alexis Bachura, Makaiyia Deibert, Chloe McNeal and Mazzy Wyatt; Front Row: Jaylee Engel, Collison SanRomani, Ava Kelley, Bria Forge, Thea Thomsen and Cambree Spaulding. Not Pictured: Owen Hodges
City Council approves water, sewer rate increase to support utility operations
The Council Grove City Council moved through a full and consequential agenda Tuesday evening, February 17, 2026, beginning with routine business and ending with action that will affect every water and sewer customer in the city beginning April 1.
“On Golden Pond”...funny and touching
The Council Grove Community Theatre’s production of ‘On Golden Pond’ by Ernest Thompson offers local actors an opportunity to explore their life experiences through the art of acting. Director Lori May says “Community Theatre offers people an opportunity to step into other people’s lives. Theatre touches people’s lives, not just the audience but also everyone involved in the production. ‘On Golden Pond’ is one of those plays that everyone will find truth in. This play is touching the heart strings of all involved. As the director, I see the loving relationship of my mom and dad. They were married 64 years when my mom passed last summer. The elderly couple in ‘On Golden Pond’ are in a long and loving relationship experiencing their twilight years with an unbreakable bond, humor, and facing real life challenges I think the audience will really relate to. I have shed more than a few tears in rehearsals.”