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WILSON — Wilson City Superintendent Joe Soukup had bad news for those in Wilson seeking relief from hot, dry temperatures by visiting the PRIDE Spray Park — the park is closed due to a mechanical issue.

KANOPOLIS — During discussion at the June 13 meeting, the Kanopolis City Council decided to move forward with Kanopolis Cleanup Days.“I think we should do it. It’s always been well participated in,” Mayor Anthony Hopkins said.In previous years, he said the project cost between $10,000$12,000.

Support for those served by Mosaic in Ellsworth County will look a little different in the future.“We’re in the middle of our Mosaic at-home transition,” said Mosaic Community Relations Manager Danielle Ricklefs. “It is a transition of residential services that we provide.”The group home, 500 E.

Repairs were still underway at press time Tuesday to repair an eastbound stretch of road at mile marker 229 on Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County, which buckled Monday afternoon.According to Ashley Perez, spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT was notified about 3 p.m.

CLAFLIN —The USD 112 Central Plains Board of Education was bombarded with a general consensus of displeasure from visitors during the public forum Monday evening.For about 20 minutes, various people from within the district voiced their concerns with the upcoming vote for disorganization.

HOLYROOD — Bill Lowry, interim superintendent of Central Plains USD 112 school district, answered questions for about an hour June 6 at the Holyrood American Legion regarding the upcoming Aug. 1 primary election vote on whether or not to disorganize the district.

fter lengthy discussionA about insulation options for the bus barn, the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Genese USD 327 board of education took no action during Monday’s meeting.

The past year has been a tumultuous one for USD 112 Central Plains.In January, the school board voted to close Wilson Jr./Sr. High School at the end of the 2022-23 school year. Patrons responded to this decision with a request for a one-year extension, which was denied.

A47-year-old Hutchinson man, Brannon Paul Curiel, drowned Saturday evening at Kanopolis Lake in a kayak-related incident.According to the Ellsworth County Sheriff ’s Office, dispatch received a call at 6:28 p.m. of a potential drowning.

By TERI L. HANSENEllsworth County I-RAfter months of praying for moisture, the recent rains across the state weren’t nearly enough to save the coming harvest according to the Midway Extension District.