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Ten students from Ellsworth and another from Wilson are recipients of scholarships from the Loganbased Dane G. Hansen Foundation.
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Ellsworth High School senior Logan Erichsen is among 30 Rudd Foundation scholars to receive a four-year college scholarship to attend Emporia State, Fort Hays State, or Wichita State universities.
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Kids enjoy a fun Easter Egg Hunt at Kanopolis City Park.
ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
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Daughter Allie came home from Lawrence this past weekend and while I didn’t keep track, I suspect we put more miles on her car in one day than she has in the past year. We drove to Lindsborg to visit one of our favorite shops, which had reopened a few days earlier, and then stopped a couple of stores down for lunch before we returned to Salina. That night we attended a movie at the Salina Arts Cinema before having dinner at a downtown restaurant.
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The Kansas Legislature has finished the last committee meetings for the general session. We will spend the next week on the floor debating those bills we have considered from the Senate and a few last bills that are coming out of the House committees. The following week we will work out the differences between House and Senate positions in conference committees.
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An unusual outbreak of tornadoes developed the evening of March 31, 1892. A terrible night of terror reigned into the early morning hours of April 1 across the state of Kansas.
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Members of the Central Plains tennis team are, from left — left to right Jacob Togersen, Hunter Green, Karter Beck, Gus Menges and Isiah Jensen. Not pictured is Peyton Ryan. Head Coach is Gary Bittner, assistant coach is Joan Klug.
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