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Body In 2021, Waterfest was canceled because of flooding in downtown Excelsior Springs. This year, the festival returned.

Body The Excelsior Springs School District has set its fiscal year 2023 budget. Overall, that budget is projected to be in the black, according to Travis Hux, district superintendent.

Body A two-vehicle collision resulted in the death of an Excelsior Springs man. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 5:38 p.m.

Body The Excelsior Springs School District has released its revised free and reduced-price policy for the 2022-23 school year.

Body Dr. Steve Houck has resigned from his position on the Excelsior Springs Board of Education so that he may serve as a science teacher at the high school.

Body Rarely do 10-year-olds think of charity, particularly on their birthday. Austyn Filley is an exception to that rule.

Body EXCELSIOR’S CELEBRATION OF WATER RETURNED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WATERFEST 2022 FILLED THE DOWNTOWN STREETS JUNE 24 AND JUNE 25 WITH THOUSANDS OF GUESTS, HUNDREDS OF ACTIVITIES, AND COUNTLESS MEMORIES.

Body Excelsior Springs is pursuing roughly $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding to upgrade its storm water system.

Body The Excelsior Springs Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee has a new member. On June 21 at the Hall of Waters, the City Council approved Mayor Sharon Powell’s appointment of Bill Westerheide to relieve Mark Spohn.

Body Colleen Rhodus can describe the Excelsior Springs Community Center Farmers Market, held 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday, in less than 25 words. “(It’s) a simple, easy, fun, family friendly, come-in-and-have-a-good-time farmers market,” Rhodus said.