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The Ellsworth County commissioners approved a letter of support Monday to Post Rock Rural Water District’s application for a $264,700 hazard mitigation grant to replace one mile of 10-inch water line near Wilson.According to Doug Janssen, Post Rock general manager, the grant, which is through the...

WILSON — Mayor Mike Peschka broke a 2-2 tie Monday, to deny a request by David Criswell, owner of Kansas Foods, LLC, for a waiver of the animal ordinance to keep no more than 20 (7 adult female and 13 juvenile) Nigerian dwarf goats at 720 26th Street on thewest edge of Wilson.The 3-2 vote of the...

USD 327 approves Rice County planThe Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 board of education approved a motion during an Oct. 27 special meeting at the district office in Ellsworth to enter into another five-year neighborhood revitalization plan with Rice County.Joshua Lanning, superintendent, said...

Kratzer to manage Ellsworth CoopThe Board of Directors of The Ellsworth Coop would like to announce their next general manager, Tim Kratzer.Kratzer has spent his career working in agriculture and most recently manufacturing.

At the Oct. 20 meeting of the hospital board of directors, Shamarie Farthing, executive director of quality, said ECMC earned an incentive of 29 percent on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas hospital patients through the quality reporting period of Jan. 1 through June 30.That 29 percent incentive...

The old hospital building in Ellsworth took one step closer to being demolished Monday after action taken by the Ellsworth City Council.The council approved Ordinances 3123 A, B, C and D, directing removal of the old hospital building at 300 Kingsley, as well as 221 West Street, 225 St. Louis and...

WILSON — David Criswell, owner of Kansas Foods Inc. and a member of the Wilson City Council, sought answers from his fellow council members during Monday’s council meeting.

KANOPOLIS — The Kanopolis City Council approved participating in the 2021 Ellsworth County Neighborhood Revitalization Program, a collaborative process with the cities in the county.

Your natural gas bill is going to go up this winter. Natural gas prices run nearly double what they did a year ago and experts predict the increased prices to last at least through the winter.Utility companies pass the cost of natural gas directly on to their customers.

The Ellsworth County commissioners were not only one commissioner short Monday, since Greg Bender was attending the fall meeting of the Kansas Association of Counties in Overland Park, they had a short agenda as well.Commissioners Steven Dlabal Jr. and Dennis Rolfs approved a request by Ron...