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We give heartfelt thanks to all the Ellsworth, Rice and Lincoln County firemen and other volunteers who fought the prairie fire south of Ellsworth on Tuesday, April 4. Their heroic and Herculean efforts in stopping the fire at Avenue M kept the fire from raging north unimpeded for another 2 miles before there was a chance for another fire break and threatening many rural homes and growing in intensity, scope and breadth with the strong wind coming out of the south.
Read moreMy phone alerted me to a 4-year-old photo a few days ago, or rather, it alerted me to a photo taken four years ago of a newspaper clipping from decades ago. The clipping was a photo of a much younger version of me proudly standing next to a giant pumpkin I had grown in our garden.
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When Oren Arms Curtis passed away on March 28, 1898, the editor of the Topeka State Journal described him as “a born rover.” The notice of his passing on a farm six miles from Newkirk, Okla., noted that although nearing 69 years of age, he had been planning a wagon trip through Arkansas for the coming summer. Nevertheless, in his almost 69 years, Curtis led a uniquely interesting life.
Read moreMembers of the Ellsworth American Legion Post 174 meet at 7 p.m. at the post home in Ellsworth.
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The Ellsworth varsity boys’ tennis team competed on their home court April 4, taking second place at the tournament.
Read moreCLAFLIN — Parents of students in grades 7-12 in Wilson and Dorrance who, for the past many months, have been desperately searching for a path forward to educate their children, may now have a new glimmer of hope.
Read moreMembers of the USD 327 Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District Monday night looked ahead to the Nov. 7 general election and unanimously approved a resolution redrawing district position boundaries. The action, the result of the 2020 Census, equalizes population numbers.
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