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Gracen Kasper, a first grade student at Ellsworth Elementary School, was the grand prize winner of the 2022 Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Keep Kansas Clean Calendar Contest. Two other Ellsworth County students; Berkley Kasper, a second grade student at EES; and Macie Ortiz, a ninth grade student at Wilson School, were also winners in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment 2022 Keep Kansas Clean Calendar Contest.
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Everyone agrees. We need to recruit more young people to our communities. They are the future entrepreneurs, volunteers, homeowners, school enrollments, and the desperately needed succession plans we need for our baby boomers who own 60 percent of the businesses in Kansas. We NEED them, but how do we attract them and keep them?
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In the opening days of the Civil War the “Kansas Brigade” led by Col. James H. Lane burned and looted farms and towns in an effort to “clear out” southern sympathizers in the border counties east of Kansas. Sixty-five miles east of Fort Scott, they reached Osceola, a town of 3,000 citizens, on Sept. 23, 1861. The town was put to the torch. An estimated 15 to 20 civilians were killed. Two hundred slaves were liberated, and a great amount of plunder was carried back to Kansas.
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Classy Lady Boutique in downtown Ellsworth has been recognized by InterHab with their annual Outstanding Business Award.
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Ellsworth Elementary School Principal Tammi Graff, right, and EES third grade teacher Sarah Richard, hold the plaque the school received in recognition of being named one of five schools in Kansas to win the 2021 Blue Ribbon School Award. Ellsworth Elementary was one of 325 schools nationally to be selected for the 2021 award earlier in November. This is the second time EES has been named a Blue Ribbon School. Graff and Richard received the award on behalf of the school during a recent ceremony in Washington D.C. hosted by the U.S. Department of Education. Courtesy photo
Read moreIn recognition of Giving Tuesday, Munchkinz Bakery kicked off their first annual Munchkinz Giving Tree Nov. 30 at their storefront location at 112 W. First Street in Ellsworth.
Read moreNo action was taken by the Ellsworth County Medical Center board of directors Nov. 17, after a 15-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel (individual, unvaccinated employees).
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