On a cold January afternoon, VFW Post 6485 is filled with a variety of ages, all gathered for one purpose: to play bingo.
On a cold January afternoon, VFW Post 6485 is filled with a variety of ages, all gathered for one purpose: to play bingo.
During Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, approval was given to a request by Jeannie Kline of the Ellsworth Cowtown Committee to use Preisker Park Aug. 1-3 for an event, but that event will not be called Cowtown Days. Instead, it will be called Rhythm and Reels — as in music and a movie.
Local cattleman Rick Pflughoeft will be recognized as the Grassland Award winner this year by the Ellsworth Conservation District.
Two brothers will be honored with this year’s Ellsworth County Soil Conservation Award at the annual meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 27 at the American Legion in Ellsworth.
WILSON — The sewer lagoon project topped the agenda at Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council.
Aproposed update of a resolution dealing with freestanding towers 100 feet or more in height in Ellsworth County was the topic of discussion at Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County Commission.
Allen James Worcester, 88, passed away Jan. 12, 2025, at Country Living, Larned, Kan. Allen was born June 30, 1936, in Hill City, Kan., to Vernon and Pauline (Walker) Worcester. He attended Fort Hays State University and Kansas State University. Sept. 14, 1957, he married Dorothy Withington in Hill City. They raised their five children on the family farm northeast of Hill City.
Mary Jane Vondra, 92, passed away Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Salina, Kan. She was born Feb. 6, 1932, in Kanopolis, Kan., to L.M. “Hank” and Helen (Hysell) Herrington. Mary Jane married Leon Peterson on Feb. 24, 1951.
Rebekah Lee Nelson, 74, of Oskaloosa, Kan., formerly of Topeka, Kan., and Ellsworth, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at Heritage Gardens Health Care, Oskaloosa. She was born Dec. 29, 1950, in Ellsworth, the daughter of Gerald and Winona Wheeler Henry. She was a 1968 graduate of Ellsworth High School.
Ruth Frances (Vopat) Hulse passed from this life on Jan. 20, 2025, at Brookdale McPherson, at the age of 96 years old. She was born on Dec. 28, 1928, in Emporia, Kan., to Arthur and Rosa (Stepanek) Vopat. Ruth graduated from Ellsworth High School in the Class of 1947. On June 12, 1949, she married Robert Hulse in St. Louis, Mo.
GYPSUM — The Ellsworth boys’ basketball team played against Southeast of Saline Friday, Jan. 31, on the road. The Trojans won, 61-58.
GYPSUM — The Ellsworth girls’ basketball team played the Southeast of Saline Trojans Friday, Jan. 31, at Gypsum, and won 49-39.
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