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By the time the 2020-21 school year ended, officials in the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District thought they had turned a corner in the fight against COVID-19. Fewer people were getting sick. The vaccines created to slow the spread of the virus worked.

Nathan Florian, the new director of the Ellsworth County EMS, said the service is on the mend after his first week on the job.

Ellsworth County commissioners wil see if anything can be done with a portion of Fourth Road to assist the tourism efforts of a new Wilson entrepreneur.

Kansas State University research scientists and extension specialists will host a field day event Tuesday, Aug. 24, to discuss and demonstrate cover crop management options for soil health and water quality benefits in livestock operations. The program begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.

Today is the day Recently I was vacuuming under my small glass hutch when I noticed it crashing down towards me.

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/ Reporter, August 12, 2021) FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE Pursuant to 44 CFR § 60.3 (b) - Special Flood Hazard Areas Identified, K.S.A.12-766, and K.A.R. 5-44-1 through 5-44-7 ORDINANCE No.

WILSON — For the second time in two months, Wilson City Council member David Criswell has failed to obtain a wavier for his Nigerian dwarf goats. A motion failed for lack of a second Monday to grant a temporary wavier to Kansas Foods LLC, which is owned by Criswell.

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A $3 per month charge will be added to the City of Ellsworth utility bills in August to pay for stormwater drainage costs. First payments will be due in September.

Work on a two-block stretch of Wichita Avenue in Lorraine was discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners. Dale Houston, county road and bridge superintendent, said department employees have already repaired the pot holes in that area.