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HOLYROOD — While there appears to be interest in the former Central Plains Middle School building at Bushton, USD 112 Board of Education members resisted the urge to move forward during the board’s Aug. 10 meeting and instead decided to wait to consult with their attorney.

LORRAINE — Discussion of a proposed undomesticated animal ordinance took center stage at the July 21 meeting of the Lorraine City Council. Council member Cassy Vedder said she looked at guidelines from Kansas State University. She suggested the council add regulations about cleaning up manure.

As a historic Kansas landmark neared its centennial last year, heavy summer rains loosened several layers of earth and triggered a rare three-foot slump in the landscape. Damage at Coronado Heights Park, which sits on a 300-foot sandstone bluff northwest of Lindsborg, made access unstable.

At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners, commissioner Kermit Rush asked Kerianne Ehrlich, supervisor of the county health department, the status of the Ellsworth High School football team after hearing a report regarding a student athlete having COVID-19.

WILSON — After a 20-minute executive session Monday to discuss the acquisition of real property, the Wilson City Council approved offering Dan Erdman of Picture Rocks Inc. $12,840 for the former Otasco building at 2504 Ave. E.

HOLYROOD — Taxpayers in the Central Plains USD 112 School District shouldn’t notice much of an increase in property taxes this year despite school officials seeing a dip in taxable property values.

16 August 2020   TO:                  USD327 FROM:             Dale Brungardt, Superintendent   We have been informed by the Ellsworth County Health Department, that one of our student-athletes who participated in last week’s HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CAMP has tested positive for COVID-19, commonly...

Monday’s discussion at the regular meeting of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School Board seemed to illustrate the challenges the district faces in reopening for the 2020-21 school year.

Money awarded in June to the City of Ellsworth from the Community Development Block Grant Coronarivus Response Supplements from the Kansas Department of Commerce was approved for distribution to local businesses Monday night by members of the Ellsworth City Council.