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Columbus Junction Party On Main This Saturday

If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying to explain them. If your town is small, few folks have heard of it and they have no idea where it is.

If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying

If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying

Say what you want about my birth state of Missouri, but my people have a talent for coming up with funny town names. Doubt me? Grab some popcorn and let's explore the most creative Show Me State destinations.

The story of 59 grown-ass adults riding 49cc children's motorcycles 500 miles across Mongolia, with no route, no plan, and no experience.

New Playground Installed at Columbus Junction

Local Hero Colter Nemechek, with the help of terrific volunteers and staff, is renovating the intake building at the SPCA. Originally an old house, the SPCA decades ago retrofitted it

According to previous discussions, work started in 2019 on the Locust Street box culvert over Monkey Run, but because of COVID-19 and other extenuating circumstances, the project was never fully closed out, though actual construction was completed in 2020.

The sewer improvement project, under mandate from the DNR, will involve constructing a direct outflow from the city’s lagoon to the Iowa River, with an installed UV station that will disinfect the waste water of bacteria before discharge into the river.