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HOLYROOD — It may have been a bright, sunny Friday morning in Holyrood, but not for students at Central Plains Elementary School, who were abruptly plunged into the darkness of a night sky, all in the comfort of the school’s gymnasium.
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After 47 years, husband- and-wife team Terry and Debbie Whitmer, two anchors of Ellsworth County EMS, are retiring. Combined, the couple has a served the community for more than eight decades.
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The Ellsworth girls’ basketball team played against the Sacred Heart Knights Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Ellsworth’s Senior Night, and won 38-25. With the win, the team nabbed the NCAA League title, marking their first league championship since 1998. The Bearcats share the League title with Southeast of Saline.
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Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School seventh grader Willa Finnegan correctly spelled the word “auburn” Feb. 26 at the school’s Performing Arts Center to win the 2025 Ellsworth County Spelling Bee.
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