Boy Scout Troop 84 member Braydon Halbgewachs of Ellsworth places flags on the graves of veterans at Ellsworth’s West Cemetery.
Boy Scout Troop 84 member Braydon Halbgewachs of Ellsworth places flags on the graves of veterans at Ellsworth’s West Cemetery.
Ellsworth County Medical Center is one step closer to in-house testing for COVID-19.
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.
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that closed Kansas schools for the final weeks of the 2020-21 academic year, districts scrambled to find ways to recognize seniors in creative ways. At the top, Wilson High School’s five graduates are celebrated with downtown yard signs at the end of main street. Below, are a few photos of seniors from the Ellsworth High School Class of 2020 that hang as banners from the fence at Ellsworth Elementary School. At far left is the cover of this year’s Independent-Reporter salute to graduates. You will find it in this week’s edition. Photos by Alan Rusch, Ellsworth County I-R.
The administrative team of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District will have two new members starting Aug. 1. Both are veteran educators with a variety of experience that starts at the elementary level and continues through university.
The overall reaction was positive this past week as several government officials and first responders sat in a darkened bay at EMS headquarters and watched via television to Gov. Laura Kelly explain her four-phase plan to reopen Kansas.
For Ignatius Rodriguez and his staff of more than three dozen at Gene’s Heartland Foods, the past three weeks have been like nothing they have ever experienced.
Your kids are home the rest of the school year and you’re looking for something for them to do.
yearbook students at Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School returned home from regional journalism competition with a dozen awards.
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me;”
After 136 consecutive wins, it took a worldwide pandemic to slow down the Lady Oilers. Central Plains was well on its way toward a seventh-straight state championship after its 93-47 win over Ingalls Thursday evening in round of the Class 1A State Basketball Championships in Dodge City. Less than 90 minutes later, with the final teams still on the court, the Kansas State High School Activities Association announced the tournament and season would end at the conclusion of the quarterfinal round.
The Lady Oilers played Wheatland/Grinnell at Russell for the sub-state championship game and won solidly by a whopping 82-22 score.
Frontier Kansas was plagued with all kinds of scoundrels out to rob, steal, and cheat their way through life.
Health officials have done good job
The 2020 Kansas legislative session came to a close around 8 a.m. Friday, 24 hours after we began Thursday.
Reaction to ruined plans can make all the difference
