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The Stockton FFA Vet Science teams took first, second and third place in their categories at the Northwest District FFA Vet Science at Colby on Tuesday, November 29th.

Megan Riener, Stockton’s vocal music teacher, was named the Northwest KMEA Outstanding Elementary Music Educator at the KMEA Honor Band and Choir Concert held at Fort Hays State University on Saturday, December 3rd.

A Plainville man was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $7.2 million in restitution after being convicted by a federal jury of multiple fraud charges in a scheme that caused a loss of over $10 million to multiple banks.

It’s the 38th annual Parade of Christmas Trees at the Stockton Public Library! This year’s creative designs/themes include the Grinches, snowflakes, Santas, and much more! The twenty-eight trees will be on display in the Carnegie Room through the month of December during regular library hours.

Jarek Meyer of Athol, Kansas, a junior in agricultural economics at Kansas State University, has been awarded the Matthew Kent Stamper Memorial Scholarship through the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University.

The Rooks County Commissioners listened to two presentations dealing with the County’s property insurance for the 2023 year during their regular weekly meeting on Tuesday, November 22nd.

Tom Carpenter with Mapes and Miller of Stockton was at the Stockton City Commission meeting held on Tuesday, November 22nd to present them the City’s audit report for the year ending December 31st, 2021.

The National KAY Club Citizenship Week was observed on Sunday, November 13th through Saturday, November 19th. The Stockton High School KAY Club celebrated each day starting with Sunday, which was Serve the Family Day.

It took months of planning with many phone calls and contacts made to organize Stockton’s 150th Birthday Celebration and Olde Tyme Christmas Parade. And all the hard work and effort by the committee paid off in a big way with Mother Nature also pitching in with a perfect night for the event.

Colton Williams is the epitome of what people call a budding entrepreneur.