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Employees of Ellsworth's Great Plains Manufacturing plant received a short expected break Monday morning after the building was cleared as a precaution, according to a company spokesman in Salina. Read More
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Beginning Tuesday, May 14, a slow moving work zone will begin on I-70 in Ellsworth County. The work area starts at mile marker 205 (the Russell/Ellsworth County line) then moves east ending at the I-70/I-135/US-81 Interchange near Salina. Within the work zone traffic will be reduced to one lane for the instillation of rumble strips and pavement markings.
Plans call for the project to be completed in mid-July, 2013, weather permitting.
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Thirteen was a lucky number this year for the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter. Read More
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Representatives of the Smoky Hill River Festival will encourage local children and students to explore the arts at a Button Stop Ellsworth event Thursday, April 25, at the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter. Read More
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Gov. Sam Brownback has signed HB 2202, legislation to allow an automatic increase in hay truck transportation limits upon drought declaration in Kansas. Read More
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A 35-year-old Ellsworth woman is in custody at the Ellsworth County Jail awaiting charges to be filed after being arrested for a traffic-related charge Monday. Read More
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Tuesday, April 2, vote totals - subject to review from Ellsworth County commssioners - from the Ellsworth County Election Officer are: Read More
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8:05 p.m. - With only Rice County left to report, the $4.8 million bond issue of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District appeared headed for defeat, 382 "yes" to 422 "no" and county election officer Jan Andrews said there weren't enough votes in Rice County to swing the election the other way. Read More
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Information, food and fun — it’s all going to be available to the public at the Ellsworth County Medical Center’s annual Health Fair. Read More
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Watch the I-R's Facebook page for updates on cancellations due to this late spring snow storm. We will update there as information becomes available. Read More
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Almost three years after the death of her one-year-old daughter, Michele Suppes, 26, Ellsworth, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with felony murder and aggravated endangerment of a child in the daughter's death, according to a news release from the Ellsworth Police Department. Read More
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A “doggie fashion show,” a talk on radon awareness, a demonstration on how to turn tree branches into pens, and ideas for low maintenance landscaping — along with a wide variety of vendors and delicious food — it’s all part of the second annual Ellsworth Kiwanis Club Home and Garden Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Ellsworth American Legion building. “We are very excited,” said Ellsworth Kiwanis Club member ... Read More
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Applications should be from Ellsworth County and for-profit organizations are not eligible. Read More
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Are Kansas landowners subsidizing the construction of a growing network of electric transmission lines across the state and beyond? Read More
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Spurred by the growth in sales of its diversified line of control valves, regulators and tank equipment in Europe, Cashco, Inc. recently opened a new sales and service office in Hoppegarten, Germany, which is just east of Berlin. In effect, the office will serve as a sales and service center for all of Europe, including the “Eastern Block” countries, and western Asia. Read More
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Watch the I-R's Facebook page for early dismissals and cancellations. We will update Facebook as we learn information. Read More
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In a special meeting Thursday night at the district office in Ellsworth, the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School Board approved a resolution that will place a $4.8 million bond issue on the April 2 general election ballot. Read More
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As Kansas faces one of the worst flu seasons the state has seen in the past several years, taking preventative actions against the virus has become vitally important. Read More
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Members of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School Board didn't take action on another bond issue to improve district buildings; however, they laid the groundwork for research into the issue. Read More
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Ellsworth has one of the best small town airports in the region and local supporters want to make it even better - by building a new runway to the east of the existing structure. Read More
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Ellsworth County's two representatives - Kansas Sen. Jay Emler, R-Lindsborg, and Rep. Steven Johnson, R-Assaria - agree - this session of the Kansas Legislature may come down to taxes. Read More
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The breakroom box at Ellsworth’s Maico Industries got Pearcy Justin thinking. So he took his idea to his “go to guy” Anthony Roediger. Read More
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Members of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo school board voted unanimously Monday night to hire an architect and a bond assistance company to investigate the possibility of moving forward with a bond issue in the April 2 general election. Read More
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Esther L. George, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, is this year’s speaker at the 65th annual meeting of the Ells-worth-Kanopolis Chamber of Commerce. The event will be Thursday, Jan. 17, at Ellsworth’s American Legion building, with a reception at 6 p.m., a dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7:15 p.m. Jeanne Haase, who retired this year as owner and operator of Precious Pals Pre-School, will ... Read More
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Great Plains Manufacturing plans to start clearing ground in December on an expansion that will equal a little more than 10 percent of the space the company now occupies in Ellsworth. Read More
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Members of the 3M Club received a timely update on the construction taking place in the First Bank Kansas addition near Ellsworth County Medical Center. Read More
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In small towns like this across Kansas, hospital administrators are paying close attention to federal deficit-reduction talks in Washington, D.C. that could lead to a 2 percent cut in Medicare spending, starting Jan. 1. Read More
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Ellsworth County commissioners received an update on the proposed Grain Belt Express Clean Line during the Nov. 26 meeting. Adhar Johnson, regional outreach manager with Clean Line Energy Partners, said the company’s 700 mile overhead, high voltage direct current transmission line would start in Ford County and run northwest through Kansas into Missouri and on to states in the eastcentral United States. While the exact route the line will take remains under consideration, Johnson said ... Read More
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8:26 p.m. - Final results from all 25 precincts. 2,720 total ballots cast. Read More
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Over the next two years, 360 post offices in Kansas — including most in Ellsworth County and the surrounding area — will reduce their retail hours of operation, thanks to a plan by the U.S. Postal Service affecting 13,000 of the 32,000 post offices. Read More
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At 8:15 a.m. Monday, Pamela L. Maynez, 22, Dodge City, was driving northeast on K-156 Highway in a 2005 Nissan Altima. At the same time, H. Kathryn Little, 74, Beverly, was driving southwest on K-156. At milepost 160.5, Maynez fell asleep, and her car drifted across the center line and collided with the Little car. Maynez was injured in the accident, and taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Her condition was not released. Read More
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A slide show highlighting a tour of the new Russell Rec Commission building was presented by Ellsworth Recreation director Ron Tenbrink at Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council. Read More
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Two Ellsworth residents are in the Ellsworth County Jail, facing felony drug crimes in the wake of the July 29 death of Shad Katzenmeier, 38. Read More
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Ellsworth City Council approved a revised water conservation plan and water ordinance Monday night. The measure was in response to a two-year drought and the continuing Stage 3 water emergency implemented in July to prohibit outdoor water usage in the city. Read More
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When she talks about the importance of breast cancer awareness, Tina Davis, manager of the Ellsworth County Medical Center’s Rural Health Clinic, gets emotional. Read More
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The Ellsworth City Council approved a revised water conservation plan and water ordinance Monday night. The measure was in response to a two-year drought and the continuing Stage 3 water emergency that was implemented July 23 to prohibit outdoor water usage in the city. Read More
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Ellsworth City councilmember Alan Stefek turned in his resignation from city council this afternoon, effective Oct. 1. Stefek has been on the council since April, 1995. Read More
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Hard work and perseverance has paid off for students and staff at Ellsworth Elementary School. The school was named a Title One Rewards School by the Kansas State Department of Education. Read More
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Residents of northeast Ellsworth and the countryside near the junction of Kansas Highways 140 and 156 were on alert Wednesday morning after Kansas Highway Patrol troopers launched an air and land search for an escaped suspect. Read More
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Dozens of residents from Ellsworth County and across the state attended Friday afternoon's open house to unveil the East Unit of the Ellsworth Correctional Facility in the former St. Francis Boys' Home. Read More
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On Tuesday, September 4, a job to repave a section of U.S. 281 in Russell County is scheduled to begin. Beginning at the Barton/Russell County line and continuing north to the I-70 interchange, workers will first perform a profile mill of the existing pavement. They will follow the milling process by paving 1.5 inches of new asphalt material to the driving surface. Flaggers and a pilot car operation will guide one-lane traffic through the work ... Read More
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In a few weeks, Kansas farmers will begin planting wheat. Unless the weather pattern shifts dramatically from the abnormally dry conditions we've seen in the last 12 months, most of the state's prospective wheat fields will be hard and dry.
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Following a budget hearing with only one guest, members of the Ellsworth City Council approved the 2013 document Monday at their regular meeting. Read More
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