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Water issues bubbled to the surface during Monday night’s Ellsworth City Council meeting.While the city originally intended to replace 100 meters this year, Jim Jackson suggested changing about 1,200 meters.“(The cost) is what you’d spend over the next three years anyway,” he said.

WILSON — The Wilson PRIDE Spray Park is back up and running again, Wilson City Superintendent Joe Soukup announced during the July 5 meeting of the Wilson City Council.Wilson Mayor Mike Peschka said the park was hit by a lightning strike recently and went down.

The Ellsworth Correctional Facility recently announced its annual employees of the year for 2021. Recipients are: • Contract employee of the year: Annette• Contract employee of the year: Annette Carrazco, Aramark food service director.

Sue Renee Buchanan of Ellsworth, passed away July 3, 2022, at Salina Regional Health Center.Sue was born Feb. 17, 1956, the daughter of Guy and Roberta Buchanan, Little River, Kan. She was diagnosed at a young age with cerebral palsy and lived at home, Winfield (Kan.

Autumn Elaine Budreau, infant daughter of Ashley Woods and Kyle Budreau of Lincoln, blessed this world with her angel presence on July 7, 2022.

This summer was Riley Zamrzla’s first wheat harvest as general manager of the Ellsworth Co-op.Given his background, there weren’t a lot of surprises as the trucks rumbled down Douglas Avenue and across the scales to the pit where customers dumped their wheat.

KANOPOLIS — A highly decorated 97-year-old World War II veteran was selected as grand marshal of the 2022 Fort Harker Days Parade Saturday at Kanopolis.“It’s an honor,” said Kanopolis native Elias “Eli” Hernandez. “I have to be very honest with you, because that’s how I feel.

As part of the 2023 budget discussion, Ellsworth County Commissioners held a special meeting Friday morning to review the PILOT (Payment-in-Lieu of Taxes) program for the Post Rock Wind Farm.“This isn’t necessarily going to change our budget for 2023 or really for 2024,” said Paul J.

Success is building Ellsworth one business at a time.At least that’s how Stacie Schmidt, the executive director of Ellsworth County Economic Development sees it.“Grassroots mom and pops is where we are really finding success,” she said.

A 1989 graduate of Ellsworth High School is the newest member of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District board of education.Steve Shepherd was appointed to the board Monday night to fill the seat vacated by long-time member Darin Holecek, who resigned several weeks ago.