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Traffic (Note: Traffic cases resolved between Aug. 24, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2020. Fines include a $108 docket fee.) JUDGMENT ON PLEA OF GUILTY — Javier Antonio Aguilar Casco, speeding, $222; operating a motor vehicle without a license, $100. Hope Michelle Atz, speeding, $189.

HOLYROOD — The former Central Plains Middle School building in Bushton will be put up for sale by sealed bids. That was unanimous decision members of the Central Plains USD 112 board of education approved during an Aug. 25 special meeting in Holyrood. The bids are to be submitted by 1 p.m.

Members of the local VFW auxiliary recognized current and retired members of the Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department Aug. 20 with pop and more than a dozen pizzas. Auxiliary members said they wanted to honor the firefighters for all they do in Ellsworth and beyond. GLORIA MAREZ/Courtesy Photo

HOLYROOD — While there appears to be interest in the former Central Plains Middle School building at Bushton, USD 112 Board of Education members resisted the urge to move forward during the board’s Aug. 10 meeting and instead decided to wait to consult with their attorney.

LORRAINE — Discussion of a proposed undomesticated animal ordinance took center stage at the July 21 meeting of the Lorraine City Council. Council member Cassy Vedder said she looked at guidelines from Kansas State University. She suggested the council add regulations about cleaning up manure.

As a historic Kansas landmark neared its centennial last year, heavy summer rains loosened several layers of earth and triggered a rare three-foot slump in the landscape. Damage at Coronado Heights Park, which sits on a 300-foot sandstone bluff northwest of Lindsborg, made access unstable.

At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners, commissioner Kermit Rush asked Kerianne Ehrlich, supervisor of the county health department, the status of the Ellsworth High School football team after hearing a report regarding a student athlete having COVID-19.

WILSON — After a 20-minute executive session Monday to discuss the acquisition of real property, the Wilson City Council approved offering Dan Erdman of Picture Rocks Inc. $12,840 for the former Otasco building at 2504 Ave. E.

HOLYROOD — Taxpayers in the Central Plains USD 112 School District shouldn’t notice much of an increase in property taxes this year despite school officials seeing a dip in taxable property values.