Calendar of Events
The Village of Wayne City always has something going on for the residents to be involved in or informed of. Whether it be Village Hall meetings, town-wide rummage sales, or our annual Bean Days celebration, we want to keep you informed!
Know of an upcoming event that we need to add? Give us a call or send us an email and we will be happy to add it for you.
Upcoming Events
8th Annual Wayne City Hometown Lighted Christmas Parade
Begins: 12/14/2024 - 7.00 PM
Ends: 12/14/2024
The 8th Annual Wayne City Hometown Lighted Christmas Parade will be December 14th starting at 7pm. Come on out with your family to this festive event and enjoy all sorts of fun activities up and down Main Street & various activities in the Community Building starting at 5pm. There will be a petting zoo, free horse and wagon rides, FCCLA will be cookie decorating with kids, free hot chocolate & cookies for all provided by Church of the Harvest, There will be free hot dogs, chips, and drinks for kids, giveaways, pictures with Santa & and much more. Contact Jennifer Ehrhart at 618/214-8294 or Chris Robertson at 618/516-2387 for parade inquiries. Deadline to enter is Dec. 6th. The parade grand marshals this year will be Gary and Rota Harrell. You can see more info on the Wayne City Matters Facebook page. Lots of fun for all ages to celebrate the Christmas Season with a small hometown feel.
WAYNE CITY MATTERS 2024 HOLIDAY LIGHT COMPETITION
Begins: 12/14/2024
Ends: 12/14/2024
Wayne City Matters will be holding a Holiday Light Competition Dec 14th with a cash prize of $100 for each best decorated residence and business. Homes & businesses must be inside city limits. For registraton forms call or text Leigh Dickey at 618-231-1988 or email her at leighdickey62895@gmail.com.
Voting will be Dec. 14th
Village Hall closed for Christmas and New Year's
Begins: 12/24/2024
Ends: 1/1/2025
The Village Hall will be closed Tues. Dec. 24th and Wed. Dec. 25th in observance of the Christmas holiday. The office will also be closed at 12 noon Dec. 31st and Jan. 1st for New Year's.
There will be a trash delay. Resident's trash will be picked up on Saturday Dec. 28th. Please have polycarts curbside by 5am
TRASH DELAYS FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS WEEK
Begins: 12/28/2024
Ends: 1/4/2025
Republic trash service will be on a one day trash delay for business's and residents the two weeks of the Christmas and New Years Holiday. Residents need to have carts set out by 5am Dec 28th and Jan 4th.
Village Board Meeting Reminder
Begins: 1/6/2025 - 7:00pm
Ends: 1/6/2025 - When all business is completed
Just a friendly reminder - Village of Wayne City Board Meetings are held monthly. Our next meeting will be on Monday. Jan 6th at 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in knowing what was discussed in previous board meetings or what is on the agenda, please look under the Agendas and Minutes tab. Minutes from previous meetings will be posted as they are approved.