City of Ucon

05/24/2026

A huge thanks to all the Ucon Citizens who came out to serve and celebrate Arbor Day with U.S. Forest Service - Caribou-Targhee National Forest and Smokey Bear! sThe Mayor and City Council commented, "This is the best Arbor Day turnout we've ever had!"

05/22/2026

Don't forget our early Memorial Day flag raising event! Kids, bring your passports for a stamp and a prize! Only 3 events left: Memorial Day, Flag Day, June 13, and Firemen's Breakfast, July 4.

05/22/2026

Correction/UPDATE: 6:00 PM! Ucon Friends and Family! Join us May 28th at 6:00 at Simmons Park to celebrate the park upgrades completed by student teams at Elevate Academy-Idaho Falls. Come see the rubber mulch, the upgrade and new benches, the dugouts and shelter kitchen upgrades. Thank you to the Mayor, City Council, and Public Works for the support of this project,

05/22/2026

The rubber mulch project is complete Simmons Park. A huge thank you to Elevate Academy-Idaho Falls for the many projects that were completed at Simmons Park! Come check out the updates with a Ribbon Cutting Event at Simmons on Thursday, May 28th, 8:00 PM

04/28/2026

Notice to our Ucon families who use Simmons Park, the playground equipment is temporarily closed while some upgrades are made to the playground area. Huge thanks to student teams at Elevate Academy-Idaho Falls and Parks and Recreation. and Mayor McDonald. Great things are happening!

04/28/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended Patriot's Day for America250 in Ucon!! We even saw a couple of new faces! It was a smaller group, but we had just as much fun! Thank you to Neal Larson for a well read poem, Barbara Ehardt for a wonderful talk on Patriotism, Michelle Tolman from the Ucon Library for the books and the latern project, and Seger Built for the wonderful window stickers!

Our next event is Arbor Day on Saturday, May 9th at 9:00am at the City Building. We will clean up the City and plant a tree for America250 in Ucon! Please bring your own gloves and tools.

Please donate to the City, if you wish, for these free events for all in Ucon that lead up to the 4th of July. Please mark your donation for "America250 in Ucon."

04/06/2026

Please join us for our Patriot’s Day on April 18 th at 6:30p.m. at the Ucon Elementary Library! This free event for all Ucon citizens is part of our series for America250 in Ucon celebrating America’s 250 th birthday! We will have a dramatic reading by Neal Larson of
Longfellow’s poem, Paul Revere’s Ride. Also, Barbara Ehardt, one of our Idaho State Representatives, will be there and talk about Patriotism. Students in 4 th -12 th grade can add to their Passport stamp collection for entry into the drawing for a Citizenship
Scholarship! See you there!!

04/06/2026

Elevate Academy would like citizen input on proposed projects at Simmons Park in Ucon. Please help us help them by taking the survey below. Thank you, Mayor McDonald

[email protected] We are Elevate Academy - a trade high school in Idaho Falls. We want to give back to the community and improve Simmons Park. We want your input! Take this short survey and tell us what changes you want made to your park. *This survey was created by students at Elevate Academy.

02/24/2026

Thank you to our sponsors: Rusty Lantern, North Hi-Way Cafe, Kneaders, Broulims, Fred Meyer, Dixie's Diner, Carstens' Bakery, Color Keys Printing, and AK Sign Company and all those who attended our wonderful America250 in Ucon President's Day Event! We had a great time!

See you on March 14th at 6:30pm-8:30pm at Ucon Elementary School for the Ucon History Fair: Our Town, Our Story!!

Please donate to the City, if you wish, for these free events for all city citizens leading up to the 4th of July!

02/20/2026