Ellis Wiltsey
Reporter
Lincoln, NE
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Ellis graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor's Degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Ellis is a native of Bellevue, Nebraska and excited to be reporting in her home state!
Before coming to KOLN-TV, Ellis worked as a reporter, producer and anchor at KUJH at the University of Kansas and interned at KETV in Omaha, Nebraska.
In her free time Ellis enjoys cooking, Jazzercise and volunteering at animal shelters.
When she's not cheering on the Huskers, Ellis is a proud Alabama Football fan and Tottenham Hotspur soccer fan! Watch out during basketball season because she is all in for her Jayhawks to take it all this year!
Ellis would love to hear from viewers on social media. You can find and follow her Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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That project aims to renovate and expand existing space and it also expands vital community partnerships.
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A study done by a prominent fraud prevention company found that 72% of organizations they surveyed had been affected by ransomware attacks in the last 12 months.
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The Grain Weevil’s main purpose is to level grain bins, but it can also be used for smaller maintenance tasks as well. It was actually born out of a challenge from a farmer friend of the company.
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The study looked at 13 of the 14 Big Ten Schools, not including Illinois. Of the more than 9,200 athletes across those schools, just over 30% tested positive for COVID-19.
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A member of the Lincoln Historical Preservation Committee said the building, built in the 1890s, is up there as one of the older buildings in the Capital City.
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Neighbors are reporting the incidents in both locked and unlocked vehicles and even as police reports pile up the culprits don’t seem to be slowing down.
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It was an emotional scene at times, as members of both the Ponca Tribe and direct descendants of Chief Standing Bear were there to witness the groundbreaking of the new high school.
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13-year-old Ryan Post would have been a senior this year at Norris High School. She died after a car crash four years ago just blocks away from the school.
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Not only is Valentino’s dine-in location closing at 70th and Van Dorn. It marks the last buffet location in Lincoln to shut its doors.
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It’s updated on a rolling basis. The latest showing numbers from 2018, 2019, and it just added 2020 at the end of September.
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When it was first rolled out by the state, Medicaid was available in two tiers. Now everyone will get all benefits.
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While a lot of early conversations centered around Douglas County, it ended here in Lincoln and some of the lines drawn mean starting Thursday you may have a new state representative.
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Her husband Richard offered to help carry the items, but he declined. Goodwin said the man parked down the street a ways and by the time they realized what had happened and that the bill was fake, he was already gone.
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In the City of Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and her team have been in talks with the federal government about bringing some of these refugees to the Capital City.
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It starts at 6th and F Streets. The $4,000 project helps connect the Salt Creek Neighborhood to the Jamaica North and Salt Creek Levee Trails, Cooper Park, and Downtown Lincoln.
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Personalized picnics is a trend that’s been popping up nationally. With events heavily featured on social media feeds showing elaborate set-ups, meals, and views for date night, wedding celebrations and more.
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If they beat their $30,000 goal he would sleep on the roof. Families did that and more, so Thursday in front of a crowd of dozens of excited kids and parents he made good on his word.
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NDCS defines a serious injury as urgent and immediate medical treatment and restricts the person’s usual activity. Medical treatment should be more extensive than mere first aid, such as the application of bandages to wounds. It might include stitches, use of Dermabond or other topical adhesives, setting of broken bones, treatment of concussion, loss of consciousness, etc.
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Moran’s Liquor Works has been seeing these shortages that continue to shift into different areas since COVID-19 started.
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LES said it’s a malfunction that’s happening throughout the Midwest. Hundreds of LED lights, which the city installed just a few years ago, are starting to change hue.
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Teachers are already known to cover a lot of subjects, doing all they can to educate the next generation. But a substitute shortage at Lincoln Public Schools has many of them covering for the coworkers adding just another item to an already full plate.
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At two and a half miles long the airport’s runway was the only one that could accommodate one of the biggest cargo planes in the world.
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The Pershing redevelopment project is set to be a massive undertaking, but before anything new can be built, the old auditorium must be demolished.
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Many described similar scenarios of sparse staffing across the system and expressed concern not only for the future but for their own team’s safety.
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Those deadlines haven’t hit yet but 10/11 NOW is checking in a month later. Hospital systems said they felt confident in those vaccine rates before mandates but that factors like FDA approval and rising delta cases have seemed to play a role in their rising percentages.
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Saturday marks 20 years since the deadly attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It’s something many at-home remember vividly but every student currently in a Lincoln Public Schools classroom was born after 2001.
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Her memory is one that’s carried by not just her friends and loved ones but by generations and generations of students who walk the halls of Lincoln Southeast High School.
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While many businesses have struggled to get off the ground over the past year, Letura Idigima has found a model that works well in a pandemic and it continues to benefit those she’s aimed to help since the beginning.
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After coming out of the gate quickly following the 2020 general election with a new campaign, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana took a few months to pause and work on its 2022 ballot initiative.
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As cleanup and recovery efforts continue in New Orleans a trip by a group of volunteers from the Capital Humane Society means that some saved furry friends will get a chance at a new life in Lincoln.
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Wednesday marked the first day of meteorological fall and while it doesn’t quite feel like it, Nebraska fall favorites are already gearing up for what’s to come.
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It was the first day of a two-week session of a group of nine state senators tasked with creating new voting district boundaries to more accurately reflect the state’s population density.
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The memorial includes a monument dedicated to veterans, a permanent flagpole for the USA flag, as well as two additional spots for the Nebraska and Norris High School flag.
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It was previously only available to businesses that made a majority of their sales in food, but it’s now going to be open to any business that would like to utilize a sidewalk to do things like serving alcohol.
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For immunocompromised people like Leonard Frede, various studies have shown that a two-dose vaccine isn’t enough to give him the protection he needs against COVID-19 and he said he’s been waiting months for a chance to get a booster shot.
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Barry’s Bar and Grill on the corner of 9th and Q Streets is under new, local management.
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There have been rumors of threats levied against school board members and the superintendent, but the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says there haven’t been any reports filed.
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New petition drives get ready for November 2022 ballot
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One teacher in Lincoln has some impressive experience educating, but she’s brand new to the school district and her grade level.
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CHI Health St. Elizabeth recently opened its Screening and Cancer Care Center, aimed at streamlining the process of treatment and for patients.
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Community members who now call Nebraska home gathered together at Holmes Lake to remember and honor those who lost their lives and are still missing.
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Thursday night, a Beatrice toddler is still recovering from second-degree burns on the bottom of his feet.
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The chief of the Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department remains in critical condition in a medically induced coma. This is after an accident at a local fair left him with severe brain damage.
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The Mission supplies water to anywhere from 200 to 250 people a day during the summer. When it gets this hot those in charge say that could reach closer to 300.
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In its first year at the games, it’s already charting to be a top 10 sport, with over 500 competitors, not including those who might just walk in and sign up during the event. Right now, ice hockey holds the top spot with about 800 participants signed up.
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Mach reached out to 1011 NOW after Tuesday’s crash. Her parents, Larry and Marty, were killed in a crash at the same intersection in September of 2020.
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The Lincoln Airport is working with a consulting firm and the public to put together its newest master plan.
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For a group of UNL graduates and military veterans, a brewery they joked about opening long before they could drink has now taken shape and is set to open to the public Thursday.
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Despite cleaning up the mess the setup process has suffered, and it’s now about two days behind where it hoped to be at this time.
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The Lincoln City Council had a busy session Monday night, with hours of public comment, approval of millions in CARES Act allocations, and more.