The Columbus Gazette

12/04/2025

The People’s Choice WINNER from Family Night is Miss Renlee Salazar! Thank you to all who participated and voted!! Stay tuned for the other winners to be announced!

12/04/2025

Patrons!!! We had a little one enter the Coloring contest all the way from South Carolina and we are trying to figure out the family. The last name is Douglas and I have already reached out to Tori Douglas and it is no relation to them.

If anyone knows little Mac, please let us know!

12/04/2025

Last night during Family night we had a visitor that left a pair of North Face winter gloves. If anyone knows who they belong to, please let us know or pass along to owner they are safely stored at the Gazette!

12/03/2025

Who is this??

11/14/2025

Due to a family emergency, the Gazette Office will be closed tomorrow! We know this may cause an inconvenience and we are sorry for that! If you need immediate assistance, call Katie’s cell at 319-461-4530!

Thank you for understanding!

11/12/2025

11/05/2025

Picking back up next week is our Mystery Person. Due to limited space, we had to hold off but rest assured next weeks person was a spite fire that had an infectious personality that was larger than life!

Stay tune to next weeks issue!! 11/12/25!~

10/28/2025

Dear Valued Readers/Patrons!
Due to rising cost of printing, we unfortunately have to raise our issue rates. Listed below will be the new rates taking effect on December 1st.

Conesville addresses even though may be Louisa County, you are subject to the Muscatine County rate as your mail funnels through the Conesville post office. I hope this clarifies any confusion as to why you are being charged that rate.

We thank you for your valued patronage!

COLUMBUS GAZETTE
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2025

LOUISA COUNTY…..$41.00/YEAR

ADJOINING COUNTIES: DES MOINES, HENRY, JOHNSON,
MUSCATINE, WASHINGTON…..$45.00/YEAR

ALL OTHER COUNTIES-IOWA AND OUT OF STATE…..$59.00/YEAR

OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
(PRICE DEPENDENT ON U.S. POSTAL RATES TO REQUESTED
AREA FOR 2ND CLASS POSTAGE)

NON-MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS…$31.00/YEAR

STUDENT SUBSCRIPTIONS….$5.00 PER MONTH – 6 MONTH MINIMUM

OUT OF COUNTY RATES ARE NECESSAIRLY HIGHER DUT TO
POSTAL RATES WHICH ARE HIGHER FOR SECOND CLASS
SERVICE EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A ROADWAY DIVIDING
DELIVERY SERVICE OR STREET ADDRESS IN LOUISA COUNTY
BUT MAIL GOES TO ADJOINING COUNTY ZIP CODE

ISSUE (DEALER) RATES…..1.00 CENTS PER ISSUE
WE CHARGE DEALERS 75% (OR 75 CENTS PER ISSUE)
DEALER KEEPS 25% (OR 25 CENTS PER ISSUE)

ADVERTISING RATES
REGULAR DISPLAY RATE…..$6.50 PER COLUMN INCH
CLASSIFIED DISPLAY RATE…..$7.25 PER COLUMN INCH
CLASSIFIED WORD AD…..40 CENTS PER WORD
(WITH MINIMUM 15 WORDS OR LESS)

10/01/2025

Next week the Gazette will start running the candidates questionnaire for School board and City Council. Once the candidate has been published in the paper, we will also run on our page!

10/01/2025

We are starting a column in the paper!

09/24/2025

Valued Patrons~ The office will be opening later on Thursday, September 25th. and will be Closed on Friday, September 26th. Sorry if this causes any problems!

Staff