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Ellsworth County commissioners received a briefing Monday on what the 2020-21 school year could look like for students, teachers and staff in the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 school district.
Read moreWILSON — After an executive session to discuss the possible acquisition of real property, (the Dan Erdman buildings) the Wilson City Council decided to offer Dan Erdman $15,000 to purchase the building at 2504 Ave. E and the building at 2411 Ave. E. If an agreement is not reached by Aug. 17, the council will approve a resolution to proceed with recommendations made by the city’s board of health.
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Fort Hays State University Director of Athletics Curtis Hammeke recently announced the hiring of Erik Wince as head wrestling coach. Wince, who is married to former Wilson resident Hannah Wagner, comes to FHSU from NCAA Division I affiliate American University in Washington D.C., where he served as assistant coach in 2019-20. Prior to that, he was head coach at Greensboro College, a Division III program in Greensboro, N.C., for four years.
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Several weeks ago, the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter featured a story on Page A1 about the summer meal program that serves Wilson, Ellsworth, Kanopolis and other Central Kansas communities by providing free lunches to more than 400 children and volunteers.
Read moreMy university colleagues in China, except for three localities, have gone back to full regular classes. They usually have two months of summer vacation, but this year it will only be three weeks. They extended the spring semester into July and will begin fall semester a week early in order to catch up.
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Medicine Water was a renowned Cheyenne warrior and head man of the Crooked Lance warrior society in the early 1800s.
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My children will tell you that over the years their chances of making the courthouse news were better than being featured in any other part of the paper because their mother, part-owner of the Independent-Reporter, didn’t want to appear the paper played favorites.
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