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Columbia names new assistant supt.
After a discussion during executive session, the Columbia School Board unanimously voted to promote Courtney Castelli to assistant superintendent. Castelli, currently the Columbia Middle school principal, will be replacing Beth…
Read MoreLuhr’s legacy lives on
When the students opened the envelopes, their shock and gratitude was both visible and audible. Some wiped away tears, which they had been doing for the past several minutes. Others…
Read MoreCHS student wins Entrepreneur of the Year
The night before students in the Monroe County startUP program needed to select a business idea, Jacob O’Connor had nothing. The Columbia High School junior had an idea for a…
Read MoreMullins takes final bow
A Waterloo High School icon’s career reached its crescendo last Tuesday night, as Director of Bands Michael Mullins conducted his final concert. Following the band’s final song, the group received…
Read MoreColumbia School Board talks turf
Columbia Superintendent Gina Segobiano told the Columbia School Board at last Tuesday’s April meeting that the district is in the early stages of replacing the turf at its multi-purpose field. …
Read MoreColumbia event comes up ACEs
The fourth annual Athletes Challenging Each Other Olympics event took place Friday in Columbia, with over 100 student-athletes with disabilities participating in several sporting activities. The event, hosted by the…
Read MoreWashausen named new Gardner pricipal
The Waterloo School Board approved Jessica Washausen as the new principal for Gardner Elementary School during its April 15 meeting. Washausen is the current assistant principal at Waterloo Junior High…
Read MoreGerman students experience America
As is tradition, Columbia is currently home to 25 students from Gedern, Germany. The partnership between Gedern and Columbia, which is in its 26th year, allows Columbia High School students…
Read MoreWJHS students sewing for good
A new club at Waterloo Junior High School is looking to make a difference one stitch at a time. That organization is the Sew Good Club, which began about a…
Read MoreColumbia election results are in
After two weeks of anticipation, the final results for the April 2 municipal elections came in, with all candidates who were leading on election day officially winning. There were 211…
Read MoreSheriff disputes school district assertion
The Columbia school district recently sent a second document to the community, following up on its letter from February addressing negative claims about the district. This document contains seven new…
Read MoreColumbia Chamber hosts candidate forum
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum Tuesday night for those seeking election to the Columbia City Council and Columbia School Board on April 2. At the event,…
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