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HOLYROOD — Bill Lowry, interim superintendent of Central Plains USD 112 school district, answered questions for about an hour June 6 at the Holyrood American Legion regarding the upcoming Aug. 1 primary election vote on whether or not to disorganize the district.

fter lengthy discussionA about insulation options for the bus barn, the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Genese USD 327 board of education took no action during Monday’s meeting.

The past year has been a tumultuous one for USD 112 Central Plains.In January, the school board voted to close Wilson Jr./Sr. High School at the end of the 2022-23 school year. Patrons responded to this decision with a request for a one-year extension, which was denied.

A47-year-old Hutchinson man, Brannon Paul Curiel, drowned Saturday evening at Kanopolis Lake in a kayak-related incident.According to the Ellsworth County Sheriff ’s Office, dispatch received a call at 6:28 p.m. of a potential drowning.

By TERI L. HANSENEllsworth County I-RAfter months of praying for moisture, the recent rains across the state weren’t nearly enough to save the coming harvest according to the Midway Extension District.

Members of the Krizek Park Advisory Committee heard informally from an engineer May 31 during their second meeting at Ellsworth City Hall about the feasibility of backfilling the south detention basin and planting grass.

Arequest for funds to repave a halfmile section of Fourth Road east of Wilson to the old missile silo was denied by the Ellsworth County Commissioners Monday.

WILSON — At Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council, Hunter Throop, general manager of the Midland Railroad Hotel properties in Wilson and member of the city’s transient guest tax committee, gave several suggestions on how to spend the money in that fund.

High Honor Roll (All As or all As and one B) SeniorsChase Bourbon, Cade Gwinner, Byron Johnson, Nya Rippert, Britain Schmidt JuniorsPeyton Coonrod, Makenna Haas, Layton Leiker, Isabelle Lindsley, Emma Moore, Alyssa Rodriguez, Kami Rohr, Ty Sunderland, Rebekah Vague, Cole Webber, Lexi West...

SPECIAL TO THE I-RDr. Paige Dodson was at Ellsworth Correctional Facility May 18 to honor 11 staff members for their heroic efforts performed March 15 at the prison.Specifically, the team of correctional officers and nurses administered CPR and other lifesaving measures to a resident at ECF.