Wilson News

Smoky Hill Development Corp. Open House 4:00 PM Corporation office, 114 1/2 N. Douglas Ave., Ellsworth Monthly board meeting to follow.

Depot fundraiser 5:00 PM Holyrood Fire Department community room Money from the spaghetti dinner will go to the Holyrood Santa Fe Depot restoration committee.

Soup Feed 11:00 AM Community Shop Building The P.Y.W. E.H.U. of Dorrance members will serve homemade chicken and noodle soup, chili, vegetable soup, sandwiches, pie, cake and drinks will be served.

A five-member committee from the Kansas County Treasurer's Association conducted a "peer review" Thursday and Friday of the office of Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson, who has been a subject of criticism in recent months from the county commission.

Grain growers in eastern Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state's five grain commodity commissions--corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat or sunflowers--should be gathering petition signatures now to meet the Nov.

Shawnee County has finished reconciling its bank statements for the last five months of 2008, county commissioners learned Monday.

Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. at the VFW post home in downtown Ellsworth. Free will donation.

Firefighters continue their work Friday morning at the scene of a fire in Wilson that destroyed three buildings including the Wilson Opera House, a doctors office and an auto garage.

By day, the basement of the historic Wilson Opera House had been home for soon-to-be 80-year-old Libbie Sebesta, cataloging the history of the Czech Capital of Kansas.

A fire this morning in the Ellsworth County town of Wilson has damaged several buildings on the town's main street, and destroyed an historic opera house.

This was the scene in Wilson early Friday as firefighters from around the area worked to stop a fire that engulfed several downtown buildings, including the historic Wilson Opera House.

Shawnee County Commission Chairman Vic Miller questioned Monday if Treasurer Larry Wilson's office is following a state law that prohibits it from issuing vehicle license tags to people who owe the county personal property taxes.

In a move targeted at improving communication about finances, Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson is asking county commissioners to require all county departments to submit receipts for their financial transactions on a daily basis to the treasurer's office.

Money for Wilson, Marion and Kanopolis lakes was included in the Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2010.

Gifford and Elfrieda Spaugh, Hays, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Oct.

By coincidence, all four feature winners in their respective divisions Friday evening, August 21, at RPM Speedway in Hays, KS, were first time winners in 2009 at the 3/8-mile oval.

At the request of Topeka city officials, Shawnee County commissioners plan Thursday to reconsider their decision to end a partnership that allows Topekans to be charged on the same bill for county refuse service and city water and sewer services.

County Treasurer Larry Wilson plans Monday to again ask Shawnee County commissioners to approve a contract enabling him to move the White Lake Annex his office maintains to a larger space the county would lease next door.

After Harvest Czech Festival Wilson Activities start today and continue through Saturday, July 25.

American Agri-Women has received a grant from USDA to produce a television program for farm and ranch women, which is planned to air nationwide in 2009.