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From the files of the February 23, 1984 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter.
Read moreSeveral readers e-mailed us after reading the story of Mildred Janzen of Ellsworth in the Dec. 2 edition of the Marquette Tribune. They wanted to know where they could pre-order “Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin,” the story of Janzen’s escape from Germany to the United States and Central Kansas after World War II.
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This picture shows Dale at his farm in Ellsworth County. (Photo has been edited in photoshop)
Read moreIt’s always tricky to predict the future. But we’d be willing to bet that when the history of the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 is written, the heroes won’t be the politicians and others who too often placed their own short-sighted gains above the needs of their nation and communities.
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Tuesday marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago on Dec. 15 that the United States ratified the Bill of Rights, ensuring unprecedented freedom for the people of an emerging nation.
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Seward County in southwest Kansas has been cattle country since drovers first moved their herds into its open grasslands 150 years ago.
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Kansans are known for making the best of an impossible situation. Even building a snowman!
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