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At 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter and Ellsworth County Economic Development plan a candidate forum. The focus of the forum will be the Ellsworth County Commission contest between Greg Bender and Patrick Hoffman.

WILSON — When Mike Peschka looks into his crystal ball to predict the condition of his community in a decade or more, he sees a vital school district with more students than today, new businesses inside Wilson’s historic buildings and enough affordable housing to satisfy demand.

Distribution of funds to those who were accepted under the Ellsworth County SPARK fund program for COVID mitigation was approved by the Ellsworth County commissioners Monday during their weekly meeting. Sarah Goss, the administrator of the $1.

Starting in a little more than two months, liquor will be available in Ellsworth for purchase on Sundays. The Ellsworth City Council, with a no vote from council member Wayne Scritchfield, approved the sale Monday night at its regular meeting.

A brief update regarding concerns raised by patrons over no-touch thermometers was given at the Sept. 8 meeting of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 board of education. The district uses the devices to measure temperatures.

CLAFLIN — By a unanimous 7-0 vote Monday, the Central Plains USD 112 board of education agreed to sell the former Central Plains Middle School building at Bushton to the City of Bushton for $26,460. The vote was met with jeers from several patrons in attendance.

A request from Vyve Broadband to switch the security on computers at the Ellsworth County Noxious Weed Department from Wilson A Communications to Vyve Broadband was denied during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth county commissioners.

An Ellsworth man has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for convictions on four child sex-crime related charges, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.