April 2023

The Excelsior Standard, Apr. 28, 2023 Willa “Charlene” Wisniewski, 79, passed away on April 2, 2023, from complications of a longstanding illness.

The Excelsior Spring City Council has announced collection of the newly-passed 3-percent retail sales tax on non-medical recreational marijuana will begin Oct. 1.

The leadership torch of the Excelsior Springs Area Chamber of Commerce has been passed to newly named board chairman, Abigail Douglas. Excelsior Springs Chamber of Commerce Director Brian Rice recognized former chairman Bill Westerheide for his year of service, saying, “Bill is a great person and a hard worker.

In 2014, Excelsior Springs played a 13-inning varsity baseball game. In 2023, almost nine years to the day of that 11-10 extra-inning home victory over Pleasant Hill, the Tigers played a varsity baseball game that lasted almost as long.

Three games, three wins. Such was Excelsior Springs’ schedule last week in varsity girls soccer.

April 21 was “a great day for Tiger track and field,” according to Excelsior Springs coach Jonah Albertson. What made the day great for Albertson was that 13 personal records were set while the Tigers competed in the Mineral Water Classic at Tiger Stadium.

The Excelsior Standard, Apr. 28, 2023 On April 19, 2023, Debora Lynn Cleveland, 68, of Excelsior Springs quietly passed away, surrounded by her family.

The first trinkling of ink into this girl’s veins started when I became a freelance writer for The Excelsior Springs Standard and Richmond News in 2021. More recently, however, I was brought on full time and am serving as an advertising consultant.

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