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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Are residents paying more than needed for water to subsidize other city operations? And if the city collects more than needed, should water bills decline? Councilman Andrew Kowalski raised those issues Monday during the City Council meeting. The city transferred $100,000 from water receipts to support general city operations.

LIBERTY – Clay is among 20 counties that have joined the Local Government Checkbook, which makes county spending data available online to everyone. The program is designed to make government spending more efficient and transparent at all levels by being available for the public to search, based on information from the Missouri Treasurer’s Office.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Payne Jailhouse Bed and Breakfast plans to add rooms after reporting a successful year. Jailhouse hostess Anna Sue Spohn said there has been an uptick in business this past year.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – District enrollment rose in August versus August 2020, despite a drop in Job Corps students, Superintendent Travis Hux stated in a Sept. 13 memo to district leaders.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs School District needs more substitutes, Deputy Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson said during the Sept. 13 Board of Education meeting. The district has an estimated 25 sub

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers could not play a scheduled football game Friday against Center High School of Kansas City because of COVID-19. The virus is affecting all district schools.

JEFFERSON CITY – Battling COVID-19 misinformation is a priority for Donald Kauerauf, Missouri’s new Department of Health and Senior Services director, he said Sept. 16.

RICHMOND – The Whitmer Symposium will be held virtually at 2 p.m. Sept.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Phase II planning to expand the Excelsior Springs Community Center “is moving right along,” Director Jesse Hall told city leaders during a work session. The City Council held a special meeting Aug.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council helped fill board and committee spots when meeting Sept. 7 at the Hall of Waters.