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Karen Ruth Schultz Kohlmeier, 79, of Sabetha, died Aug. 15, 2022, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., after suffering a stroke. She was born on March 17, 1943, in Ellsworth, Kan., to Walter and Lilly (Kohls) Schultz. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Annual festival celebrates Ellsworth’s heritage, honors newspaper at paradeMild temperatures ushered in Ellsworth Cowtown Days this weekend.Crowds gathered along Douglas Avenue to watch the annual parade, with the Reporter and the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter serving as grand marshal.

There was no public comment Monday, as Ellsworth County commissioners conducted public hearings for both the 2023 Revenue Neutral Rate and the 2023 budget.Approval was given to exceed the county’s Revenue Neutral Rate of 51.395 mills for 2023.

It will be the Cowtown that almost wasn’t.

It’s impossible to interview Dorothy Grothusen without learning something about the history of Ellsworth County.Grothusen, who grew up as Dorothy Neuschafer on a farm southwest of Ellsworth, celebrates her 100th birthday Dec. 1.

Garnell Hanson tells friends she retired four times — just don’t ask her when.For years, she worked for the Ellsworth Reporter, then the Ellsworth County Independent, then the Independent-Reporter and again for the I-R.

The Ellsworth Reporter — now the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter — has had a long and distinguished history of serving Ellsworth and Ellsworth County for the past 150 years.

A 56-year-old Bushton man has been killed and an Ellsworth County Sheriff deputy seriously injured by buffalo during a span of two days in Ellsworth County.

During its more than century of existence, Ellsworth County has experienced such extraordinary events as fires, floods and cattle drives and such individual milestones as weddings, births and graduations.

Fire gutted a garage, but no injuries were reported during an Aug. 4 blaze at 221 N. Court Ave. in Ellsworth.Firefighters were dispatched at about 2:30 p.m. following the report of an explosion and fire on the property owned by Eric Buchholz and Cara Dailey.