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WILSON — The Wilson City Council has a new member. Dan Taylor, husband of former council member Lori Taylor, was appointed by Mayor Mike Peschka Monday during a regular meeting of the council and sworn into office. He made no comment on his appointment to the council.

The Kanopolis City Council has approved the Ellsworth County mask mandate. During a Nov. 25 special meeting, council members approved the mandate after Mayor Anthony Hopkins said he received a note from city attorney Patrick Hoffman explaining the measures the city could take regarding the mandate.

For the second week in a row, the Ellsworth County commissioners stood firm Monday on the face mask mandate they approved Nov. 9. “I would be in favor of it, said Commissioner Kermit Rush. “I think we’d better,” added Commissioner Dennis Rolfs.

KANOPOLIS — Tom Wilkinson is the newest member of the Kanopolis City Council. At the Nov. 10 meeting, he was sworein to succeed Matt Munoz, who recently resigned. In other business: • The time of the Kanopolis City Council meeting was changed to 5:30 p.m. from 7 p.m.

Thanksgiving is upon us. It is time to give thanks for all that we have. We all need to stop and look around us, look at the beauty that comes along with fall. I read a book to Mrs. Richard’s class this week for Veterans Day. It was an awesome book, one that we will soon have in our library (Mrs.

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly responded to surging coronavirus infection Wednesday with a statewide executive order mandating people wear a mask in public and requiring county county commissions to take a public vote if they want to reject the mandate or craft their own measures.