December 5, 2021
Best Week Ever
The Holiday Homes Tour hosts and the Christmas Committee are definitely having the Best Week Ever after such a beautiful day for this year's tour! There were five local families that opened their doors for us to see their gorgeous homes.
Coming Soon
Fowlers Fine Furniture that is currently located in Richmond is opening a second location here in Excelsior Springs!

Watch for the new business to open in the old Goody's location in
Crown Hill Plaza!
Word on the Street
The Excelsior Springs Fire Department was featured on KSHB Fox 41 News this week to talk about the "Season of Hope" that is a community-wide toy drive benefitting KC Metro residents.

ESFD is a designated collection site, they are collecting new, unwrapped toys from now to December 17th in their lobby!
Community Drug Education Summit Aims to Combat Overdoses
Amid an uptick in fatal and near-fatal overdoses linked to the recreational use of pills laced with fentanyl, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a Community Drug Education Summit on Dec. 6.
'Tech To Go': MCPL Uses Grant Funding to Lend Laptops, Hotspots
Made possible by a grant administered by the Missouri State Library *, Mid-Continent Public Library is now offering Chromebook laptops for customers to check out and take home. Just like books and other library materials, the Chromebook Kits can be checked out for up to two weeks with two renewal periods, provided there are no holds (other customers waiting to check them out).
Weekly News Headlines
A collection of news stories pertaining to Excelsior Springs for the week of December 5, 2021.
Fire, EMS, Police Blotter; Now with Sheriff's Report
Here are the emergency services logs for our police and fire departments.
Weekly Updates from the City Manager
City Manager Molly McGovern offers a weekly report to give citizens a better idea of what is happening on a local level weekly.

This week gives you insight on the status of many projects underway.
Caption Contest
Congrats to
LaVerne Woolston-Peek
for being this week's Caption Contest winner with the following caption for this picture:

"You have to put this mask on before I can let you cross. You might have bird flu."

This Caption Contest brought to you by The Mug Coffeehouse! Each week the winner gets a free cup of coffee!

You can play every Tuesday at 8:00am in the Excelsior Citizen

Swan at Rocky Hollow on December 2 - Taken by Kevin Morgan
November 25 - Milton E. Bockoven
November 27 - Sherri Dawn Clymore
December 2 - Walter W. Coe
November 21 - Ricky Ray Hadlock
November 24 - John David Hope
December 1 - Bruce Michael Huffman
November 25 - Elizabeth S. McCauley
November 28 - Ventia Parsons
November 30 - Shirley J. Shields
November 26 - Betty (DeWeese) Swick
November 12 - LaDonna Way
Excelsior Newsletter Archives
Thank Your Postman This Week, Excelsior Springs!