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WILSON — The Wilson City Council conducted three 30-minute public hearings Monday before the regular council meeting for property owners who received violation notices from the city board of health. The first hearing was with Kristofer Ritchie, owner of the property at 408 24th St.

Ellsworth County’s three commissioners voted unanimously July 2 to approve Resolution 2020-R-10, opting the county out of Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive order No. 20-52 requiring masks or other face coverings be worn in public as of 12 a.m. Friday, July 3.

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Ellsworth County commissioners voted unanimously Thursday afternoon (July 2) to approve Resolution 2020-R-10, opting the county out of Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive order No. 20-52 requiring masks or other face coverings be worn in public as of 12 a.m. Friday, July 3.

WILSON — With COVID-19 still an ever present concern, a summertime staple in Ellsworth County, the Wilson After Harvest Czech Festival, will take place this year — albeit in a much scaled down version.

The $1.2 million Ellsworth County recently received from the state will soon be getting somebody to oversee that program locally.

Russell “Rusty” Varnado, left, Ellsworth’s new city administrator, greets Cindy Bender with an elbow bump June 25 during a welcome reception at Room 900 at the Ellsworth Golf Course. I-R photo by Alan Rusch

Superintendent Greg Clark offered a brief update Tuesday on graduation plans for the Central Plains Junior-Senior High School Class of 2020, during a year-end meeting at Central Plains Elementary School in Holyrood. The ceremony is set for 7 p.m. Sunday, July 5, inside the school gym.