Success is building Ellsworth one business at a time.
Success is building Ellsworth one business at a time.
GENESEO — Jim “The Cowboy” Gray might finally have met a mystery he will never solve.
Two men played 100 holes of golf Friday in memory of Mark Cunningham.
Randy Moon and Virgil Ranker raise the American flag during a June 14 Flag Day dedication of the flag pole at Bickerdyke Cemetery. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
Administrators at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility remember a time when all they had to do to fill a job opening was put out the word through traditional media and wait for the applications to flow their way.
GENESEO — Jim “The Cowboy” Gray might finally have met a mystery he will never solve.
In a little more than a year, everyone already has a story to share about Keren Comfort Dog and her effect on them. Some stories are as simple as the welcome
Mosaic’s new executive director brings 25 years of experience in working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Success is building Ellsworth one business at a time.
A 1989 graduate of Ellsworth High School is the newest member of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District board of education.
Bruce H. Shiffer, 75, of Monticello, Ill., formerly of Ellsworth, passed away June 22, 2022, at his residence.
Bruce was born Dec. 11, 1946, in Aurora, Ill., the son of Stanley and JoAnne (Thout) Shiffer. He married Janice Kirkland on Jan. 13, 1973 in Monticello, Ill.
Betty Jane Gwinner, 100, passed away Monday, June 20, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Ellsworth. She was born Nov. 8, 1921, in Ellsworth to Charles and Mary (Fisher) Grubb. Betty was a lifetime resident of Ellsworth, where she married Robert Charles Gwinner on May 26, 1946. She was a secretary for the local SRS office for 27 years.
Margaret Lee Pierson, 74, of Kanopolis, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Ellsworth. She was born Oct. 20, 1947, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc., to Richard and Ruth (Geschke) Bates. Margaret married Larry Houk on March 9, 1963. After Larry’s passing June 12, she later married Jerry Pierson on Aug. 24, 1972.
Joyce Irene Webb, 74, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at her home in Ellsworth.
The Wilson K-18 Team — Front row, from left, Cody Charvat, Stephen Krisher, Devon Pasek and Garrett Bohnen. Back row, from left — Coach Long, Brekyn Heffel, Kolten Jones, Briceson Pasek, Sam Thielen, Braden Nelson, Conner, Charvat and Coach Pasek. Courtesy photo
The Ellsworth Scorpions Softball Team — Front row, from left, Charlee O’Bannon, Alana Whitlock, Aleigh Robson, Kit Donley, and Raegan Williams. Middle row, from left, Bill Bristow, DeLila Bristow, Kieran Vague, Zoey Gardiner, Lea Bristow and Leah Warta. Back row, from left, Brielle Robson, Isabelle Tripp, MaKinley Brantley, Brekyn Zier, Mykel Tripp and Wes O’Bannon. Courtesy photo
Women have always been second class citizens and worse in this country. The U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v Jackson confirms that fact. Anyone doubting that assertion that can ask themselves one question: given the burden forced on women to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term, what comparable burden is forced on the father? None.
A recent hearing in the U. S. House of Representatives Intelligence Subcommittee was the first Congressional hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years.
Kanopolis’ mayor threw down the gauntlet during this week’s Kanopolis City Council meeting.
In the early 1860s, cultural differences brought about most of the friction between the native plains tribes and the invading western adventurers, frontiersmen, and settlers. The capitalist mindset of the newcomers couldn’t stomach the habits of the native people, who often entered the camp or lonely cabin begging food and gifts.
