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Ellsworth High School junior Josie Kueser will give her state-award winning speech at the 2025 Ellsworth County Conservation District awards ceremony.Kueser entered the speech competition last year.

CLAFLIN — A cybersecurity attack hit close to home when Central Plains USD 112’s student information system, PowerSchool, was recently breached.In a letter published on the district’s website, Superintendent Bobby Murphy wrote about the incident.“Protecting our students is something we take...

Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council began with an introduction of Allen J. Dinkel, new interim city administrator.Dinkel has been involved in city administration for 35 years, including being the city administrator in Oakley, Hoisington, Abilene, Neodesha and Junction City, where he...

Due to the winter storm, the Ellsworth County Commission did not meet Monday.During the Dec. 30 meeting, the commissioners discussed county resolution enforcement.Specifically, they discussed the requirement for companies to notify the county before a communication tower is installed.

World War II Army Veteran Elias “Eli” Hernandez, 99, of Kanopolis, center, was presented a Quilt of Valor Dec. 18, during a meeting of the Ellsworth Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6485. Ellsworth VFW member Dale Weinhold, left, and Ellsworth VFW member Jose Rodriguez, right, hold the quilt up.

Greg Bender loads boxes of food into a truck for delivery Dec. 23. Kiwanis members assembled at city hall to prepare 25 food  boxes for families with children in Ellsworth County. The boxes provided food for 76 children across the county.

Ellsworth City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh, left, shares a laugh during a going away party in his honor Dec. 19 at the Ellsworth Golf Course’s 900 Room. In November, Stambaugh announced he was resigning effective Dec. 27. On Jan. 6, he will be the city administrator for the City of Fairfax, Iowa.

One-room schoolhouses used to be a common sight, scattered through every section of Ellsworth County. But, they can be a rare find today.“What happened is in 1947, the state consolidated some of them, so they got to be a little bit fewer.

The lights and drive-up menu boards at the Ellsworth Sonic will be shining bright in the new year, with new management, new menu items, new enthusiasm and new owners.

Second grade students Harper Kasper, left, Hayden Walker, center, and Edith Gray, right, participate in the second and third grade music program Dec. 3.