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Grain prices up for the week Prices paid for grain at the Ellsworth Co-op at the end of the business day, Monday, May 4, were: Wheat, bu. — $4.52 up 16 cents from April 27. Milo, bu. — $3.36, up 10 cents. Soybeans, bu. — $7.36, up 2 cents. Corn, bu. — $2.81, up 10 cents.

WILSON — The front door of Wilson City Hall was set to reopen to the public Tuesday, May 5. Mayor Mike Peschka made the announcement at the end of Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council.

Michael “Mikey” Martinez talks to well wishers from a distance April 29 as they drive through the Ellsworth Mosaic parking lot to say goodbye. Martinez is leaving Ellsworth for a job in Arizona. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter

The U.S. Small Business Administration is making agricultural businesses eligible for Economic Injury Disaster Loans.

Barton Community College's 50th commencement will be held virtually this year. Students and their friends and families are invited to view videos of the commencement speeches and a reading of graduate names, which will premiere at 8:30 a.m., May 8 at Facebook.com/bartoncommunitycollege.

The Ellsworth County Courthouse will remain open by appointment only until Monday, May 18. Ellsworth County commissioners unanimously approved a motion to continue the policy during Monday’s meeting with the county department heads. The policy originally began March 18.

Quiz: Mother’s Day began — A. In 1858, when Ann Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker, organized “Mother’s Work Days” to improve the sanitation and avert deaths from disease-bearing insects and seepage of polluted water. B.

Ellsworth County reported its first case of COVID-19 — a man over the age of 50 who works at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility. No other information was released in order to protect the identity of ECF employee.

If you’re wondering why the lights shine for 20 minutes and 20 seconds Friday nights at the Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School tennis courts and football field, think of the Class of 2020.

Journalism students at Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School competed Saturday, May 2, in the annual state competition conducted by the Kansas Scholastic Press Association. Recognition went to Yearbook Sports Writing — Braeden Sheridan — 2nd. Yearbook Copy Writing — Parker McGowan — 3rd.