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Great Plains Manufacturing, which has plants at Ellsworth, Lucas and other north-central Kansas communities, will become part of Salina’s former Bicentennial Center.

TOPEKA — The same kids who end up in trouble with the law often come from families in disarray. Those families, in turn, regularly turn to the state for food assistance, foster care or mental health care. So last week, Democratic Kansas Gov.

WILSON — When it comes to the repair of dips at Wilson intersections and the scheduling of street chip and sealing, the Wilson City Council wants more information — and, in the process, save the city dollars.

Karl Dawn Stover walked away from the 2020 Kansas Association of Agricultural Educators Ag Ed Symposium Jan. 25 in Salina with a binder full of awards.

HOLYROOD — Residents of Holyrood had more questions than answers Monday as to the identity of John O. Glenn III, 56, Great Bend, whose recent death is being investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation as “suspicious.” Glenn was found unconscious the morning of Jan.

Acouple of years ago, as a performer at Ellsworth’s annual Cowtown Days, singer Jake Gill met several of the people in service at Mosaic, an organization devoted to developmentally disabled adults.

What started in 2007 as a hobby in her backyard for full-time registered nurse and animal lover Debby Garrett is now a dream come true. Garrett started grooming dogs several years ago. “It kinda got out of control,” she said. “I kept saying we need to go big, we need to go big.

Customer service and variety could be the two traits that define the kind of store Angie and Brett Rolfs plan to maintain in downtown Ellsworth. The pair purchased Petal Place at the end of 2019 from Kelvi and Karlton Place.

LORRAINE — The Lorraine City Council will have to explore grants to help pay the cost to build a lean to shed for the city tractor. According to city clerk Michael Boyer, two bids for the work were opened at the Jan. 21 council meeting, but no action was taken.

Ellsworth Elementary School third graders visited the Smoky Hill Museum in Salina Thursday, Jan. 30, to celebrate Kansas Day and Kansas’ 159th years as a state. The students learned how to shell and grind corn, churn butter, play pioneer games and pack their wagon for a overland journey.