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Ellsworth County Medical Center has taken several precautions to ensure that we, as a healthcare entity, are doing our part in flattening the curve.

Governor Laura Kelly was joined today by David Toland, Secretary of Commerce; Delía García, Secretary of Labor; David Herndon, State Bank Commissioner; and others to discuss what the Kelly Administration is doing to help mitigate the potential impact of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, on the...

The Ellsworth County Courthouse will close all of its offices and departments to the public beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 19 until further notice due to COVID-19. Personnel will continue to work and will be available by phone, fax or e-mail.

Mike Keeley, chief judge of the 20th Judicial District, which includes Ellsworth County, said a news release Thursday from the Kansas Supreme Court updates an earlier announcement with this information: The Kansas Supreme Court has indicated the offices of the clerks of the district court will be...

The Central Plains USD 112 board of education will conduct a special board meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Central Plains Elementary School in Holyrood.

From the files of the November 28, 1991 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter. 139 YEARS AGO December 1, 1881 Don’t forget to pay your taxes. Hammond Atwood is now the clerk at the Grand Central Hotel in this city. He will make a popular clerk or we miss our guess.

Proverbs 22:28 says, “Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers (NIV).” This is a warning that I think we desperately need to look at in the church today.

Traveling 12 Card Club The Traveling 12 Card Club met at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at the home of Lucille Janda. Winning Hi was Margaret Stadelman, Lo was Alice Killian and Traveling was Jeannie Thrasher.

March is here and we have almost blown through it. Hard to believe we are in the middle of spring break. But I’m ready for the beautiful outdoor weather, are you? Think about it ... Lying in a hammock reading a good book clouds floating lazily by. Doesn’t that sound like heaven?

Grain prices mostly down for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, March 16, were: Wheat, bu. — $3.89, down 17 cents from March 9. Milo, bu. — $3.10, down 13 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $7.27, down 45 cents. Corn, bu. — $3.22, down 18 cents.