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Art students from Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School participated in two art shows in recent weeks.The NCAA league art festival was April 24 at Sacred Heart High School, Salina.

Fireworks flew during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council before a motion to accept the original 3-year contract extension with City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh was approved.Mayor Dan Finnegan said a non-employee of the city wished to address the council in executive session.“We...

KANOPOLIS — In a short meeting April 9, the consensus ‘no news is good news’ was discussed relating to the city’s proposed water tower project.“Nothing really new other than he said federal government has appropriations figured out,” Mayor Anthony Hopkins said. “He did speak with the contractor.

After an absense of several years, the Ellsworth High School Alumni Banquet will take place Saturday, May 25, at the Ellsworth American Legion Hall.

The Ellsworth County Commissioners were alerted to a bridge closure Monday during their weekly meeting.According to County Road and Bridge Superintendent Dale Houston, Black Wolf Bridge No. 308 on Avenue J is closed immediately due to failure of the bridge pilings.Houston said the bridge will need...

Transitions were celebrated March 27 during the Grow Ellsworth County Annual Meeting.Paden’s Place, which sold and is now Ele’s Corner, and Robson’s, which sold and is now Raised Rustic, were both honored.“We had a couple of transitions downtown in Ellsworth — business owners that had been serving...

The Ellsworth County Commissioners heard a concern from a county resident about proposed work on the county jail and courthouse.John Svaty, Ellsworth, said he was opposed to construction of a jail and courthouse.Commissioner Shawn Thomas said the county has so far only committed funds for a company...

Ellsworth County has a high commuter pattern according to Grow Ellsworth County Executive Director Stacie Schmidt.

speical to the irEnding the day with the league runner-up title, the Ellsworth Jr./Sr.High School forensics team trailed champ Republic County by only six points.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) visited the Ellsworth County Sheriff ’s Office Friday afternoon with good news in hand.Moran announced that Ellsworth County received a $670,000 grant from the federal government to replace the 150 mobile (vehicle) and handheld radios used by all first reponders (fire,...