SHRIVELED SUNFLOWER
SHRIVELED SUNFLOWER
WILSON — During the 2024 After Harvest Czech Fest, the grand opening of the Betty Kepka Art Gallery & Museum will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at 2711 Avenue E.
KANOPOLIS — The 17 volunteers of the Feeding the Children of Central Kansas Summer Lunch Program in Kanopolis were collectively named the 2024 Volunteer of the Year Saturday night during an announcement at Kanopolis City Park. The announcement capped off the twoday Fort Harker Days celebration.
Four friends, one solar-powered vehicle, the open road and roughly 3,100 miles to travel.
One fatality reported as result of 16 rollovers at lake
Police Chief Jerry Penny said he’s just “a smalltown guy.” He was sworn in Monday night as Ellsworth’s newest police chief.
WILSON — During the 2024 After Harvest Czech Fest, the grand opening of the Betty Kepka Art Gallery & Museum will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at 2711 Avenue E.
Four friends, one solar-powered vehicle, the open road and roughly 3,100 miles to travel.
One fatality reported as result of 16 rollovers at lake
At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, Resolution 2024-16 was approved, authorizing and providing for the calling of a special question election Nov. 5.
WILSON — The City of Wilson will not request an increase in the revenue neutral rate for 2025.
Shirley A. Robl, 74, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Hays, Kan., surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 10, 1949, in Winfield, Kan., to Mervin and Pauline (Bolte) Sheeks. Shirley graduated from Claflin High School in 1967 and graduated with honors from Brown Mackie School of Business, Salina, Kan., in 1968. Shirley met the love of her life in 1964 and married Terry Robl on Dec.
Richard Claire Rupp, a lifelong resident of the Dorrance and Wilson, Kan., area passed away on July 9, 2024, at Village Manor in Abilene, Kan., at the age of 86.
Richard was born on a farm in Phillips County, Kan., on July 22, 1937, to Henry and Ruth Mary (Clason) Rupp, until his family moved to a farm near Long Island, Kan.
Rylan John Whitmer of Wilson, Kan., passed away on June 29, 2024, in Salina, Kan., at the age of 22. He was born in Hays, Kan., on Oct. 11, 2001, and adopted at age 4 to Terry and Debbie (Florian) Whitmer in Ellsworth, Kan.
Beatrice M. Ramsey, 77, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Salina, Kan. She was born Nov. 10, 1946, in Woodward, Okla., to Hugh and Anabel (Brown) Isbell. Beatrice married Kenneth Bailey in Vici, Okla., on Aug. 23, 1964. She later married Jack Ramsey in Winfield, Kan., on Sept. 10, 1983.
Elllsworth Elementary playground gets summer upgrades
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When big dreams intersect with rural Kansas
Purchase of a new C-arm and an EKG were discussed Monday afternoon during the Ellsworth County Medical Center board of directors.
Frontier Kansas was a wild, exciting place. The frontier was certainly no place for a “pilgrim,” inexperienced in the ways of violent men on edge of civilization.
Searching for owner, operator of Ellsworth ice cream eatery
