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Body At the Stockton USD No 271 Board of education meeting held on Monday, July 11th, and after the members approved the appointments for the 2022-2023 school year (article located elsewhere in this issue), they turned their attention to the letters of interest for the open Board...

Body The Nicodemus, KS 144th Emancipation Celebration is just a week away. The four-day event begins next Thursday, July 28th, 2022 with the final day being Sunday, July 31st.

Body Settling into his new position at the Rooks County Historical Museum in Stockton is Rick Gianni, who has a master’s degree in history and teaches online college courses in history and political science, which means this newest venture suits him just fine as a different avenue to...

Body As the Seattle Children’s Hospital prepared to start Ezra's treatment due to his diagnosis with Chronic granulomatous disease, they ran tests on his younger brother, Charlie (bone marrow donor), and found him to be anemic.

Body At the regular meeting of the Stockton City Commission on Tuesday, July 5, the commissioners started off the evening session by first approving the Consent Agenda for the evening, which included the Solomon Valley Manor gross payroll in the amount of $62,821.

Body Most of the July 5th regular weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission was spent working on the 2023 proposed county budgets with auditor John Mapes. Before the work session the commissioners held the business side of the meeting with sheriff Gary Knight.

Body The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place June 15, 2022, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work.

Body The Kansas Highway Patrol is releasing its Independence Day Holiday Activity Report. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m.

Body The Stockton Fire Department was called out at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 30th to the Rooks County Landfill. After the County employees dug out the debris from the pit, the volunteers worked for approximately 45 minutes at the scene. No definite cause of the fire was determined.

Body As of Monday, July 11th, a few farmers are still out in the fields cutting, so that means the area wheat harvest is almost ready to have the books closed for this year.