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A discussion during Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners on a county travel quarantine order morphed into a heated exchange between commissioner Dennis Rolfs and Keith Haberer, emergency management director for both Ellsworth and Russell counties.

From the files of the March 22, 1984 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter. 136 YEARS AGO March 20, 1884 Last Saturday was a busy day in Ellsworth. At one time Douglas avenue was completely blocked with wagons and carriages. Charley Bell wants men to work on the railroad. A.N.

John Bunyan once said, “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will make a man cease from prayer.” Some of the hardest words in the English language to say are, “I have sinned”. None of us like to admit it. It is easier to blame someone else or to just pretend it never happened.

  For Immediate Release: May 19, 2020       Governor Kelly moves Kansas into modified Phase 2 To keep Kansans safe, details in Phases 2 and 3 amended   Kansas Governor Laura Kelly will sign Executive Order 20-34, which moves Kansas into Phase 2 of “Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas.

      Governor Kelly adds new phase to “Ad Astra” plan Kelly: COVID-19 metrics indicate progress, but caution still needed   This afternoon, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed Executive Order 20-32, which establishes a new phase to the “Ad Astra: Plan to Reopen Kansas.” The new “1.

I remember this one time my husband and I attended the High School Achievement Banquet. We had attended this banquet year after year in support of other students because my husband was a high school math teacher, but this time was different, our oldest daughter was a senior.

Grain prices mostly up for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, May 11, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.40 down 12 cents from May 4. Milo, bu. — $3.39, up 3 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $7.55, up 19 cents. Corn, bu. — $2.84, up 3 cents. Corn, bu. — $2.

Ellsworth County is the recipient of another road construction project, and concerns are being raised about access to Wilson in particular.

With social distancing requirements brought on by the coronavirus pandemic in mind, Ellsworth residents paused to observe the National Day of Prayer the morning of May 7 — albeit remotely via the Ellsworth Kiwanis Facebook page.

High schools across Kansas expect school to open this fall, and with that may come Friday night football. Yet sports during a pandemic could look different.