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The Kansas legislative session continued into its second week. It was a big week in our nation with the inauguration of President Biden.
Read moreEditor’s Note — The following was written by Eric Coonrod, a government teacher at Ellsworth JuniorSenior High School. The reaction of his students to the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol can be found on Pages A9 and B2 of this week’s IndependentReporter.
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The 2021 Kansas legislative session got underway this week in Topeka.
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A prized book in my collection of western history isn’t the story of a famous gunslinger, or a wild and woolly cattle town, but the memoir of a little Swedish girl who came to the Kansas prairie with her parents in 1869.
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The Autobiography of Capt. Richard W. Musgrove was published in 1921, seven years after his death.
Read moreWe can think of two times in a 40-year-plus career in journalism that it was difficult to find words to express our feelings.
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We haven’t counted, but probably no one has more photos in the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter archive files than Kermit Rush.
Read moreFarm dogs hold a special place in the day-to-day operations of many family farms and ranches. For my family, our dog serves many important roles. Very quickly after our dog Rosie Bo was brought home to the farm as a tiny puppy, she assumed the role of head of farm security. Over the last few years, she has worked hard to ensure opossums avoid our porches, deer stay out of our yard, birds are made aware of a strict no fly zone near her human’s house, and all shadows of the night get a good barking.
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