Columbia Emergency Communications will be conducting a tornado siren test on Tuesday - March 23rd at 9:00 a.m. The CUSD #4 schools, ICS and several of our early childhood day cares will be participating with evacuation drills.

About 100,000 people are now being recruited across the State of Illinois to work as census takers for the 2010 Census between December 2009 and June 2010. [Additional info...]

Our environment can be greatly affected by invasive honeysuckle. It is extremely powerful and can overtake and kill many species of native plants, including trees. [Additional info...]