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Dear Board of Education, Administration and Patrons of USD 112: Afew months ago, a group of community members from across USD 112 were asked to serve on a committee called
Read moreThis summer, we saw remarkable, bipartisan progress on addressing rising health care costs — an issue voters have consistently ranked as most important. The challenge for lawmakers right now is
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In the early morning hours of Sept. 17, 1868, Maj. George Forsyth and 50 hand-picked Indian fighters were attacked by a combined force of Cheyenne and Sioux warriors. Fortunately, they
Read moreNearly 70,000 young people recently attended the National FFA convention in Indianapolis. I could write a book about all of the awesome things that happen at this event and how
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From the files of the September 19, 1991 edition of the Ellsworth Reporter. 138 YEARS AGO September 22, 1881 Owen O’Connell presented us with a jug filled with amber cane
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Plains Indians were generally recognized as either northern or southern, such as northern Cheyenne and Southern Cheyenne. Following the treaties of the 1860s, native people were forced out making Kansas
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Just over a hundred years ago, in August 1920, U.S. women earned the right to vote. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified by Congress on Aug. 18
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