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The end of the 2018-19 fiscal year arrived Monday night for board members of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District. Business included mostly cleanup items following discussions at previous meetings.

Shannon and Lindsay Mog have turned the former Home Lumber Company building into a community room and recreation club. See the story on Page C7. For more information, call High Jinks Rec Club, 301 W. N. Main St., at (785) 658-7927 or (785) 252-7244, or email highjinksrecclub@gmail.com .

An effort to build the National Drovers Hall of Fame received a big push last month after receiving nearly $70,000 in state funding to preserve a piece of Ellsworth history.

WILSON — Melinda Merrill is a preservationist. As owner of the Midland Railroad Hotel in Wilson, Merrill breathed new life into the historic three-story limestone she bought four years ago last October. Little by little, she’s made her mark throughout the community.

WILSON — While much of rural America, especially some areas of Kansas, have seen population declines in the last eight years, there are those like David Criswell, who believe in the promise of small towns.

When Shannon and Lindsay Mog first purchased the former Home Lumber & Supply Co. building on North Main Street, they thought it would be the perfect solution for storing materials for his roofing and rental businesses.

Take one look at the inside of the Nemnich True Value hardware store in downtown Ellsworth and you will find the definition of progress. “We’ve done a massive remodel last year,” said Shawn Nemnich, who owns the store with his wife, Jennifer.

Alice Robson says she doesn’t have the secret to why the small Hallmark shop she operates with her husband, Ken, continues to flourish. In August, Robson’s Card & Gift Shop in downtown Ellsworth will celebrate its 36th year in business.

Windows, siding, wheat victim to Sunday’s wild spring weather pattern Ellsworth County residents continued Tuesday morning to remove broken limbs, leaves and other debris left behind after hail the size of golfballs and larger pounded much of the Ellsworth, Kanopolis and the Black Wolf areas.