After meeting with representatives from Pattern Energy Monday, the Ellsworth County commissioners will await the company’s offer regarding Pattern’s annual contribution to the county for the Post Rock Wind Farm, which has 98 wind towers in Ellsworth County. At a past meeting, it was noted the wind farm has a lifetime exemption from paying ad valorum taxes per state statute.
Read moreMonday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council began by recognizing the retirement of a well-known and dedicated law enforcement officer after 45 years of service.
Read moreEllsworth County Medical Center isn’t seeing many COVID inpatients, but continues to see a few COVID patients coming to the emergency room and clinic.
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Festivities to mark the historic anniversary planned
Read moreAt Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth County commissioners, the subject of wage increases for county employees in 2024 was broached during a meeting with department heads.
Read moreWILSON — At Monday’s meeting of the Wilson City Council, a request for an animal wavier by David Criswell of Kansas Foods, LLC and developer of Mountains on the Prairie and Kansas Mountain Goats, for 720 16th St., died for lack of a motion.
Read moreKANOPOLIS — Abatement hearings topped the agenda April 11, before the regular meeting of the Kanopolis City Council began.
Read moreCLAFLIN — Parents of students in grades 7-12 in Wilson and Dorrance who, for the past many months, have been desperately searching for a path forward to educate their children, may now have a new glimmer of hope.
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