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The USD 327 board met in special session on Monday, May 2, and approved the following, 5-0.

WILSON — The owners of a vacant house earmarked by the City of Wilson to be chronically vacant have been given time to make it livable.

Fans of the Ellsworth High School Bearcats basketball teams will see some different faces along the sidelines when players begin their 2022-23 season.

Jeanette Libal, left, who is interested in possibly becoming a para-educator for USD 112, talks with para-educators Beth Ptacek, center, and Melissa Shaw at Wilson School during the district’s recent para-educator job fair. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter

While the detention basins on Kansas Highway 140 are admittedly an eye sore now, city officials said the goal is to make good long-term decisions.

Stacie Schmidt, executive director of Ellsworth County Economic Development, offered a brief update at Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commission meeting on the second round of American Rescue Plan Act funding.Ellsworth County is scheduled to receive $592,621 in June.

The Four County Fire that affected Russell, Ellis, Osborne and Rooks counties on Dec. 15, 2021 has made life difficult for many people in this area.With the arrival of spring, producers may have questions that need answered in regards to range management following a wildfire.

Ellsworth County commissioners reinstated a county-wide burn ban Monday, effective immediately, by approving Resolution 2022-R-05.

WILSON — The Wilson City Council hired four applicants for summer help at Monday’s meeting.Jan Shaw and Jim Soukup were each hired at $12.50 per hour on an as needed basis. Noah Crawford and Teagan Thrasher were each hired at $10 per hour.

Riley Zamrzla of Wilson is the new general manager of the Ellsworth Co-op.A 2013 graduate of Ellsworth High School, Zamrzla graduated Kansas State University in Manhattan in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science Production/Management.