The Council Grove City Council will hold its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at City Hall. After the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation, a public comment period will be …

When Jimmie Blackburn joined the Council Grove Police Department in 2016, the city did not yet have a K-9 program. Drawing on his previous experience with canine units in Lane County, he helped launch…

Evelyn Gladbach Kindergarten

Council Grove Rotary President Trent Siegle (left) welcomed Rotary District Governor Chuck Udell, of Leawood, Kansas, as a guest at Wednesday’s weekly meeting. Udell is District Governor for Rot…

Students in Mrs. Jarvis’ English 1 Enrichment class recently read the novel Touching Spirit Bear. Through this novel study, the students were asked to analyze how a person’s identity can b…

The Council Grove High School Lady Braves volleyball team hosted Wabaunsee last night for Senior Night. After hard fought games, both the varsity and junior varsity teams ended up short.

Head Coach Mil…

Council Grove Youth Football teams took on Abilene on October 11, with one win and two tough losses on the day.

The 3rd/4th-grade team fell 0-56 but had strong defensive efforts from Owen Kelley with f…

Because several executive sessions were scheduled to follow, the “Good News” portion of the meeting took place after our editor had left the meeting. At the board’s request, members …

When author Jim Knoch first rolled into Council Grove, Kansas, it wasn’t with the intention of writing a novel, and certainly not of embedding the town so deeply into one. His first visit nearly…

The Council Grove Republican and Gieswein Insurance Agency hosted an election Candidate Forum Tuesday night at the historic Carnegie Building, drawing about 100 attendees from both the city and county…