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The first 30 minutes of Monday night’s Ellsworth City Council meeting may go into the history books as “the buck stops here” session.One-by-one, city department heads stepped to the podium to outline their capital improvement needs. It was a lengthy list.

WILSON — It’s after 8 o’clock on a Wednesday morning and teacher Chris Hollen is about to start another session of her media technology class, now in its second year at Wilson Jr./ Sr. High School.

The loft space above Zeal Salon & Co. at 121 E. 1st is now home to MH Art Studio. MH is Maya Haggerty, 23, a Claflin native who had a dream of owning a studio, and in August, made that dream come true.“I had that on my vision board for most of the year,” Haggerty said.

Director of Kansas State University’s Office of Engagement Tim Steffensmeier, Ph.D. will be the keynote speaker at Grow Ellsworth County’s annual meeting 6 p.m. March 22 at the American Legion.

Aquestion about the countywide burn ban sparked conversation at Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commission.Jodi Britt suggested the commissioners should allow fire chiefs in the county to take care of burn bans.

Aseries of weed management schools will take place in northwest and north central Kansas and be hosted by local K-State Research and Extension county and district offices.

This is a recorded true event of Jesus visiting an “incarcerated” man.In Mark 5, ( Jesus and His disciples) came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.

Ellsworth County commissioners rescinded the countywide burn ban Monday during their weekly meeting until further notice.Commissioner Dennis Rolfs said he was contacted by several farmers recently wanting the ban lifted.

The Ellsworth County Medical Center board of directors welcomed a new board member during the Jan. 11 board meeting.Rob Koch assumed the seat representing the Holyrood area, previously held by Karen Pauley who resigned the seat several months ago.