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Ellsworth County commissioners rescinded the countywide burn ban Monday during their weekly meeting until further notice.Commissioner Dennis Rolfs said he was contacted by several farmers recently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

WILSON — The City of Wilson may soon have a new full-time chief of police.At the Jan. 17 meeting of the Wilson City Council, the council voted to offer the job to Jonathan Lawrence who currently serves as the city’s part-time police officer.

KANOPOLIS — While the heat and sun of Fort Harker Days in July seem like a world away, plans are already in the works for the annual festival.“We’re starting to work on the poker run for this year,” Josh Kempke with the Kanopolis Fire Department told the city council during the Jan. 17 meeting.

Busy, busy, busy! But never too busy to wish you all a Happy New Year!This time of year, is busy, busy, busy. End-of-year annual reports, getting paperwork finished and getting everything else ready for the new year is just so fun.

Members of the USD 327 Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo board of education met Jan. 11 to start the process of reviewing information gathered during several recent listening sessions.The district’s ultimate goal is to create a strategic plan which will carry it into the future.

HOLYROOD — Polka music will once again return to the American Legion Hall in Holyrood.Barefoot Becky and the Ivanhoe Dutchmen will play at the first dance in the new legion hall from 2-5 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 22.

The cold snap around Christmas weekend translated into a flooded business for Nemnich True Value owner Shawn Nemnich.He swung by the store the day after Christmas, and found water.“I came around the corner and water was pouring from the ceiling,” Nemnich said.

LORRAINE — For Genifer Wesseler, music is more than a pastime or even a passion — it is a legacy.Originally from Bay City, Mich., her father was a high school music teacher and her mother a secretary for Franklin Community Church, who also sang.

City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh got city councilors and residents thinking with a presentation at the Elsworth City Council meeting Monday evening.Stambaugh brought in Brian Bascue and Tom McEvoy to speak about the possible creation of a recreation commission for Ellsworth.