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The Ellsworth County Health Department gives drive-through flu shots from 1-4 p.m. at the Ellsworth Recreation Center. COVID vaccines will also be available. Call (785) 472-4488 with questions or to schedule an in-office appointment
Read moreA retirement open house for Dale Houston, Ellsworth County Road and Bridge superindentent, is from 2-4 p.m. at the road and bridge department headquarters building in Ellsworth.
Read moreThe Wilson Senior Center celebrates 45 years in operation with an open house from 10 a.m.-2 p.m
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During his listening tour stop in Ellsworth Monday morning, United States Sen. Dr. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, learned there are two main challenges facing Ellsworth County — housing and the workforce.
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On the Kansas plains, the year of 1867 began with Gen. Winfield Hancock’s military campaign against the tribes that had called the western plains home for generations. Hancock claimed he wanted to bring peace to the plains, but his show of force only brought the prospect of annihilation to the people of the plains. The Cheyenne, supported by the Arapaho and Sioux, fought back to bring a bloody summer of war to the plains.
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