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Ellsworth is marking the Fourth of July in a big way this year with a day full of fun, and a night filled with fireworks, during the annual Star-Spangled Splash & Blast celebration. The event is planned for Saturday, June 29.

Adecade of helping Ellsworth County cancer patients was celebrated Friday as survivors, team members and the public gathered at Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School’s Shanelec football field for the Ellsworth County Cancer Fund’s 10th annual Triathlon.

From the files of the June 20, 1957 Ellsworth Reporter. NEW MARSHAL AT KANOPOLIS The City of Kanopolis has a new marshal in the person of Gilbert Hurst, who has a record of nine years experience in that field, having received part of his law enforcement training as a MP in the Army.

Klein recognized for academics Emma Klein of Ellsworth is among the students at Colby Community College to achieve academic distinction for the spring 2019 semester. To earn a place on a CCC honor roll, students must complete 12 or more credit hours and have no failing grades.

On May 31, the Ellsworth VFW Auxiliary No. 6485 honored several students with VFW honors for the year. These include: • VFW Voice of Democracy Contest — Noah Erichsen, first, Ellsworth High School; Branson Schulte, second, EHS; Josiah Bolton, third, EHS.

HOLYROOD — A 70-plus year-old Holyrood landmark that has been the venue for countless polka dances, weddings, public gatherings, American Legion meetings and senior citizen meals — the Holyrood American Legion building — has been rendered unusable by Mother Nature.

Extension Focus Can you smell a musty odor or see mold in your home? Then you have a mold problem. Everyone should minimize their exposure to mold.

Braden Schulte was one of three Ellsworth players placed on the North Central Activities Association 2019 Baseball All-League team. The picture used to identify Schulte in the June 6 I-R was incorrect.