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LORRAINE — The water table in Lorraine is rising. At the Feb. 18 meeting of the Lorraine City Council, Larry Klug, maintenance director, said the city’s water well has two more feet of water now than at this time last year.
Read moreAndrew Bair, chief executive officer of the Ellsworth County Medical Center, gave a brief update on possible participation in the proposed Ellsworth American Legion Community Center Feb. 19, during the monthly meeting of the hospital board of directors.
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Three local state legislators — Rep. Steven Johnson, R-Assaria; Sen. Rick Wilborn, R-McPherson; and Rep. Troy Waymaster, R-Bunker Hill — began Saturday’s hour-long Legislative Coffee at Grandma’s Soda Shop in Wilson with a briefing on Medicaid expansion and other major topics.
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Editor’s Note — The first installment of 2019 — The Year in Review appeared January. This second installment will be followed in a future edition with more stories from this past year.
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Courtesy Photo These four students from Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School were pages with Rep. Steven Johnson Thursday, Feb. 6. Shown are, from left: Isabelle Lindsley, Rebekah Vague, Lt. Gov. Lynn W. Rogers, Rep. Johnson, Zoe Wimmer and Peyton Coonrod.
Read moreEllsworth County’s Josh Svaty will be the speaker at Sunday’s 2 p.m. annual meeting of the Ellsworth County Historical Society at the Senior Center.
Read moreKANOPOLIS — Jon Halbgewachs of Ellsworth’s Kirkham Michael & Associates presented information to the Kanopolis City Council Feb. 11 on a new cost share program available from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
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