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Team Finke pauses for a picture Friday during the start of the annual Ellsworth County Cancer Fund Triathlon. This year’s theme was “Hope Soars.” About a dozen teams took part in the event, which was canceled last year due to COVID-19.

First Kansas to close Lorraine branch   Paul Snapp, president/chief executive officer of First Kansas Bank, has announced the last day of operation at the First Bank Kansas in Lorraine will be Sept. 3.

Budget requests for 2022 were once again on the agenda during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners. Stacie Schmidt, executive director of the Ellsworth County Economic Development, requested $75,000 for 2022. That is a 15 percent increase from the $65,000 she received for 2021.

As of the noon Tuesday, June 1, deadline, several candidates had officially filed for election to open seats on the Ellsworth County’s two school boards and five city councils. The names of these candidates will be on the Tuesday, Nov. 2, general election ballot.

Wilson Communications awards scholarships to area students   Each year, Wilson Communications awards at least two scholarships to students in each of its seven communities it serves and last year, with its expansion into Ellsworth, the company now also offers a scholarship to an Ellsworth High...

Ellsworth County Sheriff Murray Marston had exciting news to share at the May 27 meeting of the county’s local emergency planning committee. The sheriff ’s office now has a drone.

A discussion of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program dominated the agenda at the May 24 meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners.

Concerns about water drainage raised by a resident living on Eighth and Elizabeth were addressed at Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council.

Dalton Eberhart, 20, Wilson, was sentenced to almost 30 years in prison June 20 for three counts of Level 1, felony rape involving three different minors. The crimes took place between June 2019 and May 2020.

The automated metering infrastructure installation project planned by the City of Ellsworth is a go.