Beneficial rainfall in the area Monday morning and a wet forecast has prompted the Ellsworth County commissioners to rescind the county-wide burn ban, effective Monday, May 2.
Read moreWILSON — Ken and Marcie Beneda, board members of the Wilson Czech Opera House Corporation, gave an update on the ongoing renovation of the structure into an open air theater.
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Melissa Miller, Ellsworth assistant city attorney, received consensus approval Monday during a meeting of the Ellsworth City Council to cancel a pending legal proceeding requesting the judge rule the owners of the old Ellsworth Hospital must permanently deny public access to the vacant structure.
Read moreThe USD 327 board met in special session on Monday, May 2, and approved the following, 5-0.
Read moreWILSON — The owners of a vacant house earmarked by the City of Wilson to be chronically vacant have been given time to make it livable.
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Jeanette Libal, left, who is interested in possibly becoming a para-educator for USD 112, talks with para-educators Beth Ptacek, center, and Melissa Shaw at Wilson School during the district’s recent para-educator job fair. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
Read moreWhile the detention basins on Kansas Highway 140 are admittedly an eye sore now, city officials said the goal is to make good long-term decisions.
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