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In reaction to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many events and activities have been either cancelled or postponed — both here and across the nation.
Read moreAs stay-at-home orders were issued and schools announced they would be moving online in light of the coronavirus pandemic, Wilson Communications moved to ensure that students who didn’t previously have access to the internet from their homes would have free access so that they could continue their school year with the rest of their classmates.
Read moreThe Central Plains School Board Monday night approved giving the Farmer’s Township Library 60 days written notice that they have to vacate the former Bushton school by June 30.
Read moreThank you and good job. Those were the words used most often Monday night by Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School Board members and superintendent Dale Brungardt during the board’s monthly meeting in the commons of EJSHS and via Zoom.
Read moreHOLYROOD — Central Plains USD 112 Superintendent Greg Clark praised all those involved in the district’s online learning effort at Monday’s remote meeting of the district’s board of education at Central Plains Elementary School in Holyrood.
Read moreAndrew Bair, chief executive officer at the Ellsworth County Medical Center, had some good news during the April 9 meeting of the county’s local emergency planning committee.
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The Easter Bunny is shown with a collection of Easter baskets the day before Easter. With the assistance of the Ellsworth Police Department, the Easter Bunny was able to distribute 1,500 Easter eggs in about 2.5 hours that night to homes in Ellsworth. In addition to two cash donations for the eggs, Gene’s Heartland Foods donated paper sacks and Gambino’s Pizza provided the Easter Bunny and his crew with lunch earlier in the day. The Easter Bunny said he was grateful for all those who made the Easter Egg delivery possible to local youths.
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Ellsworth County commissioners approved a one-month county-wide burn ban Monday, effective immediately.
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