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The Ellsworth City Council meets at
5:30 p.m. at city hall.
Ellsworth County commissioners
meet at 9 a.m. in the courthouse meeting room. Info:
(785) 472-4161
No one is quite sure how Walter S. Belt Jr. died when his ship, the USS Oklahoma, was attacked by Japanese aircraft Dec. 7, 1941 at Ford Island, Pear Harbor.
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Games and other competitions were part of the action Friday night at a Bearcat pep rally to kick off the start of the school year at Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School. LORI FARMER/Elllsworth County Independent-Reporter
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After almost an hour of discussion, the consensus of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 board of education was to consult with the Ellsworth County Health Department on which options to take regarding possible K-12 COVID-19 testing.
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What weighs 1.2 million pounds, is 132 feet long and rolls into Ellsworth County Friday morning?
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The Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department has a well deserved reputation for rescuing people and property. However, at Saturday’s Ellsworth Cowtown Days celebration, the firefighters once again saved the day by rescuing one of the most popular traditions of the celebration — the shooting of Sheriff Whitney.
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