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With Thanksgiving this week, holiday shopping is kicking into high gear.  There is such allure of out-of-town offerings for Black Friday, and of course, deals galore online during Cyber Monday.  Let’s also remember Small Business Saturday, which is sandwiched in between these massive sales events.

Many of our subscribers receive their newspaper weekly through the mail. During the week of Thanksgiving, we opt to send this issue of the Independent-Reporter to more than 5,000 households.  Our intention is to let all households in Ellsworth County (and slightly beyond) experience the I-R.

The holiday season can be a time of joy for many, but it can also bring feelings of stress and be especially challenging for those impacted by mental health challenges.

Thanksgiving and football! Collegiate combat on the gridiron is as much a part of Thanksgiving as Pilgrims and turkey. In football’s early years, high school games as well as collegiate games created fanatical enthusiasm.That was certainly evident in the pages of the Nov.

Recently, a patron requested that USD 327 return to livestreaming its board of education meetings.We have two words for that: Yes, please! As a community newspaper, we are always in favor of open, available meetings. We will always encourage and advocate for them.

There are two kinds of people in the world: people who hate snow and those of us who love it.If you think I am crazy, consider I grew up in Wisconsin.

Following the Land Run in September 1893, Frank Boydston set up a good cattle operation near Pond Creek, Oklahoma Territory. Boydston was well-liked and seen as “an honest and industrious follower of that business commonly called ‘cattle punching’ in the Cherokee Outlet south of the Kansas border.

Lenore Sue Samuelson, 77, passed away Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Ellsworth. She was born Feb. 8, 1945, in Marysville, Kan., to Ernest and Myrtie (Johnson) Bledsoe. Lenore married Roger Samuelson in Eagle, Neb., on March 9, 1979. She was a records clerk at Goodyear Tire in Lincoln, Neb.

O ur canine companion for the past decade — a 35-pound Benji terrier — was diagnosed with diabetes last year. A few weeks ago, his deteriorating eyesight reached the point where he could no longer see.

It has been a great start to the 2022-23 school year and I am grateful for the support our community continues to offer our school district.USD 327 conducted three Public Listening Sessions in the past three weeks.