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Grain prices mixed for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, May 18, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.11 down 29 cents from May 11. Milo, bu. — $3.41, up 2 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $7.45, down 10 cents. Corn, bu. — $2.86, up 2 cents.

In responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Midwest Energy announced March 16 it was voluntarily suspending disconnection of utilities for non-payment. The next day, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed executive order 20-05, suspending utility disconnections; that order was later extended through May 31.

The Ellsworth County Courthouse reopened to the public at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 19.

Members of Lloyd J. Schroeder American Legion Post 200 met for years in the building at the edge of downtown. They also shared their home — with families celebrating a wedding or birthday or anniversary, and seniors who visited the building for their noon meals and other services.

Next Monday, Memorial Day, is the date set aside to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their nation’s freedom. Although U.S. Army Major Kris Although U.S.

The frogs won’t jump this summer in Kanopolis. The volleyball court will be empty. In short, don’t look for the crowd that normally packs the city park the second weekend in July as part of the Fort Harker Days celebration.

A discussion during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners on a county travel quarantine order morphed into a heated exchange between commissioner Dennis Rolfs and Keith Haberer, emergency management director for both Ellsworth and Russell counties.

From the files of the March 22, 1984 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter. 136 YEARS AGO March 20, 1884 Last Saturday was a busy day in Ellsworth. At one time Douglas avenue was completely blocked with wagons and carriages. Charley Bell wants men to work on the railroad. A.N.

John Bunyan once said, “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will make a man cease from prayer.” Some of the hardest words in the English language to say are, “I have sinned”. None of us like to admit it. It is easier to blame someone else or to just pretend it never happened.

  For Immediate Release: May 19, 2020       Governor Kelly moves Kansas into modified Phase 2 To keep Kansans safe, details in Phases 2 and 3 amended   Kansas Governor Laura Kelly will sign Executive Order 20-34, which moves Kansas into Phase 2 of “Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas.