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The idea of moving the fourth grade at Ellsworth Elementary School to Kanopolis Middle School could, perhaps, soon gain some traction.

There was good news and bad news to share during Monday night’s regular Ellsworth City council meeting.The good — water terminations for unpaid water bills for November will be moved back until Monday, Nov. 29.

The Ellsworth County commissioners approved a letter of support Monday to Post Rock Rural Water District’s application for a $264,700 hazard mitigation grant to replace one mile of 10-inch water line near Wilson.

WILSON — Mayor Mike Peschka broke a 2-2 tie Monday, to deny a request by David Criswell, owner of Kansas Foods, LLC, for a waiver of the animal ordinance to keep no more than 20 (7 adult female and 13 juvenile) Nigerian dwarf goats at 720 26th Street on thewest edge of Wilson.

USD 327 approves Rice County planThe Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 board of education approved a motion during an Oct. 27 special meeting at the district office in Ellsworth to enter into another five-year neighborhood revitalization plan with Rice County.

Kratzer to manage Ellsworth CoopThe Board of Directors of The Ellsworth Coop would like to announce their next general manager, Tim Kratzer.Kratzer has spent his career working in agriculture and most recently manufacturing. His most recent position was in human resources at Cashco, Inc.

At the Oct. 20 meeting of the hospital board of directors, Shamarie Farthing, executive director of quality, said ECMC earned an incentive of 29 percent on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas hospital patients through the quality reporting period of Jan. 1 through June 30.

The old hospital building in Ellsworth took one step closer to being demolished Monday after action taken by the Ellsworth City Council.The council approved Ordinances 3123 A, B, C and D, directing removal of the old hospital building at 300 Kingsley, as well as 221 West Street, 225 St.

WILSON — David Criswell, owner of Kansas Foods Inc. and a member of the Wilson City Council, sought answers from his fellow council members during Monday’s council meeting. The questions, contained in a Sept.