Neighbor to Neighbor
It was the kind of storm residents of Central Kansas will remember for years — sustained high winds with gusts of more than 100 miles an hour, wildfires, blowing dust.
News
Power Restoration efforts continue for the Third Day
We ask for your patience as we do our best to respond to the effects of Wednesday's windstorm. We continue to experience significant outages across our service territory. Currently, 2000 members are still without electrical power throughout Western's service territory.
Kansas Highway Patrol Arrests Man In Wilson
A 27 year-old Kansas man remains in custody at the Ellsworth County Jail after being arrested by the Kansas Highway Patrol Dec. 13 after a high speed chase that started on Interstate 70.Authorities are still trying to determine where the individual is from in Kansas.
Old hospital moves closer to demolition
Members of the Ellsworth City Council voted unanimously Monday night to authorize city administrator Rusty Varnado to sign a consulting agreement aimed at the eventual demolition of the former Ellsworth County hospital building.
Fredrickson advocates for administrator
Bob Fredrickson of Ellsworth had several comments for Ellsworth County commissioners Monday as a follow-up to the discussion he had with them at an earlier commission meeting.He started with the idea of a county administrator.
ECMC eyes vaccination mandate
No action was taken by the Ellsworth County Medical Center board of directors Nov. 17, after a 15-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel (individual, unvaccinated employees).
EMS get Western Coop grant
EMS get Western Coop grant The Ellsworth County EMS recently received a $1,000 grant from the Western Cooperative Electric’s Sharing Success Fund to help fund construction of a new training room.
USD 112 takes another baby step towards determining future footprint
WILSON — The slow but steady process of considering what the future Central Plains USD 112 might look like continued Nov. 16 during a special meeting at Wilson School.
Ellsworth to consider asbestos plan
A team from National Catastrophe Restoration, Inc. will make a presentation Monday, Dec. 13, to the Ellsworth City Council on the former Veteran’s Memorial Hospital.
Fredrickson voices communication concerns regarding county plan
Bob Fredrickson of Ellsworth voiced concerns at the Nov. 22 meeting of the Ellsworth County commission on the lack of public attendance at meetings dealing with the Ellsworth County Comprehensive Plan.