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At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County Commission, approval was given to contact Pattern Energy, owner of the Post Rock Wind Farm in Ellsworth and Lincoln counties, regarding a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes payment.

WILSON — Wilson Mayor Dan Taylor unexpectedly threw his hat in the ring for the upcoming Nov. 7 general election Monday, after giving permission to a request by Wilson resident Sandy Robinson to start a write-in campaign on his behalf.

The three words heard most above the bawling of the Texas Longhorn cattle across the southern plains of Texas in 1873 were “Head’ em up!”From Oct.

While Rick and Abby Seiler have owned the Coach and Four Bowling Lanes for almost three dozen years, Rick was never formally trained to repair the lane’s Brunswick pinsetter machines.“When we first started, we had a traveling pinsetter mechanic would come through once a year,” he said.

At Monday’s regular meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, action was taken to resolve conflicting city ordinances related to tree heights.According to City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh, Ordinance 12.28.

Before Monday night’s Ellsworth Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 Board of Education meeting, board members toured the bus barn and central storage for a firsthand look at some of the improvements.“It’s a huge improvement from where we were,” Superintendent Deena Hilbig told board members.

Loden West and Isabelle Lindsley smile after being crowned homecoming king and queen Sept. 29 before the game against Lyons. 

WILSON — At Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council, proposed guidelines for a hobbyist permit were pondered, but not yet approved.

An hour meeting with the county department heads highlighted Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County Commission.Two topics were discussed — information technology and adding a post incident section to the county’s drug testing policy.

Ellsworth County Medical Center is already seeing several positive cases of flu this season according to ECMC Chief Executive Officer Jim Kirkbride.At the Sept. 20 meeting of the hospital’s board of directors, he noted the flu cases are occurring sooner than normal this year.