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Volunteers make Splash & Blast success Dear Linda – The Ellsworth Area Chamber would like to take a few minutes of your loyal readers’ time to recognize those that made
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Sensational accounts of a renewed Indian uprising filtered out of the western reaches of Indian Territory in late June, 1885. According to newspaper accounts, elements of the Southern Cheyenne were
Read moreIf you saw someone doing cartwheels this past week on Douglas Avenue, we’re guessing it was a Democrat celebrating the news that former attorney general Kris Kobach has tossed his
Read moreWe recently wrapped up our wheat harvest. Although our crew experienced a short harvest in comparison to previous years, we are still very thankful for the crop and for the
Read moreFor anyone who doubts the validity of mental health issues, I have a few stories to tell. Thirteen years ago last January, I locked myself in my apartment on the
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On the 30th day of May, 1854, President Franklin Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law altering the course of settlement across the western territories. Missouri Sen. David Atchison immediately
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As if settlers in Lincoln County, Kan., had not endured enough from Cheyenne raids across north-central Kansas in 1868, terror returned to the Saline River valley on May 30, 1869.
Read moreThe photographs on the front page of this week’s Independent-Reporter are filled with symbolism. Over the years, one of our most consistent editorial themes has been the responsibility older residents
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