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Wed
15
Mar

Elim welcomes a new pastor

By LINDA MOWERY-DENNING

The first time Katherine Kolodziejczyk visited Kansas was this past December when she interviewed to be pastor at Marquette’s Elim Lutheran Church.

She was impressed by the experience.

“I loved it here in Marquette,” she said. “The people here are just so friendly and loving and open.”

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Wed
08
Mar

Voters renew tax

Ellsworth County voters Tuesday approved the renewal of a 1/2-cent sales tax that will go to support the replacement and maintenance of county bridges and improvements at the Ellsworth County Medical Center.

Tuesday’s vote was 294 “yes” to 55 “no” with all 26 precincts reporting.

“I feel real good,” county commissioner Kermit Rush said. “I was concerned about it because if it didn’t pass, we would probably end up raising the mill levy.

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Wed
08
Mar

Rapidly moving fire threatens Wilson

By Mark Gardner

Exhausted volunteer firefighters from Wilson and Ellsworth donned their gear again Tuesday morning to extinguish hot spots and flares from a grass fire that started at Wilson Lake and jumped Interstate 70 before it was brought under control.

Ellsworth County remained under an extreme grassland fire warning Tuesday; however, the extended forecast contained a hint of relief. Wichita metrologist Ross Janssen had rain in his forecast for late Friday and early Saturday. Central Kansas has gone weeks without significant moisture.

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Wed
08
Mar

Salute to the Past

By the I-R staff

Ellsworth kicked off its 150th birthday celebration Saturday night with a tribune to the men and women who battled drought, floods and prairie fires to settle this part of Kansas.

About 150 attended the Old Settlers Reunion at Ellsworth City Hall. The event, which organizers hope becomes an annual ritual, was sponsored by the National Drovers Hall of Fame, which is working to restore downtown Ellsworth’s signature Insurance Building.

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Wed
08
Mar

Work is about to begin on mold removal at jail

By Mark Gardner

Ellsworth County’s mold problem may be closer to resolution as Sheriff Murray Marston appeared at Monday’s commission meeting with a contract proposal for cleanup.

Marston said there have been changes in the original bid from the Topeka company, H.I.S. Companies LLC, the county has hired as more was known about the scope of the job.

The biggest change is price.

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Wed
08
Mar

Marquette Tradition

By Jennifer McDaniel

As a junior at Kansas State University, Scott Johnson was still trying to carve out a career path. With only a year left until he graduated, the young man wasn’t exactly sure what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.

That is until he was approached by Marquette Farmers State Bank President Ralph Wheat.

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Tue
07
Mar

Advance votes bode well for sales tax

7:45 p.m. - 294 "yes" to 55 "no" with all 26 precincts reporting.  According to Shelly Vopat, Ellsworth County Clerk and Election Officer, 8.4% of registered voters voted.

See the March 9 issue of the I-R for more details.

 

7:40 p.m. - 223 "yes" to 42 "no" with 22 out of 26 precincts reporting.

 

7:30 p.m. - 219 "yes" to 36 "no" with 20 of 26 precincts reporting.

 

7:20 p.m. - 163 "yes" to 29 "no" with 14 of 26 precincts reporting.

 

7:05 p.m. - With 80 advance votes counted, the 1/2-cent sales tax was ahead 67 "yes" votes to 13 "no."

Thu
02
Mar

Kansas Supreme Court rules against state in school funding case

TOPEKA— The Kansas Supreme Court today issued a unanimous decision in Gannon v. State, holding that the Kansas K-12 public education financing system does not meet the adequacy requirements of the people's constitution. The court stayed the enforcement of its decision until June 30, 2017, to give the state Legislature time to respond.

 

If by June 30 the state has not satisfactorily demonstrated to the Supreme Court that any K-12 public education financing system the Legislature enacts is capable of meeting the adequacy   requirements of the constitution, then a lifting of the stay will mean that Kansas will be without a legally valid system.

 

Wed
01
Mar

Murder suspect caught in Ellsworth County updated.

Update 1:00 p.m.

By Mark Gardner Ellsworth County I-R

Wed
01
Mar

Price tag delivered for mold removal at jail

By Mark Gardner

Sheriff Murray Marston hopes work can start soon on the Ellsworth County Jail to rid the facility of mold.

Commissioners, at their Feb. 21 meeting, approved a bid of $15,000 to no more than $20,000 from a Topeka company to clean the jail.

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