Grain prices mixed for the week

Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, Oct. 7, were:

Wheat, bu. — $3.60, down 13 cents from Sept. 30. Milo, bu. — $3.22, down 1 cent. Soybeans, bu. — $7.90, up 9 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.57, down 1 cent.

The co-op has locations in Ellsworth, Black Wolf, Farhman, Hitschmann, Holyrood and Kanopolis.

Torkelson completes training

Dorian Torkelson of Ellsworth was among 51 new law enforcement officers to be graduated Sept. 20 from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. Torkelson is a member of the Ellsworth County Sheriff ’s Office. The Ellsworth man and his fellow officers were members of the 257th basic training class at the center. Located one mile west and one mile south of Yoder, near Hutchinson, the center is a division of University of Kansas Professional & Continuing Education. The graduates, who began their training June 10, represented 39 municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies from across Kansas. Graduates receive certificates of course completion from KLETC and Kansas law enforcement certification from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training, the state’s law enforcement licensing authority. The training course fulfills the state requirement for law enforcement training. Classroom lectures and hands-on applications help train officers to solve the increasingly complex problems they face in the line of duty.

Wilson Care to have open house

Wilson Care and Rehabilitation, 611 31st St., plans two events to celebrate its recent purchase by Mission Health Communities in Florida. The first event is a ribbon cutting at 3 p.m. Friday. The second is an open house at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. The public is invited to both events. Lee Arnet is the administrator of Wilson Care and Rehabilitation, which is a skilled nursing home facility. The purchase became effective Oct. 1.