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Body The Stockton City Commission held its meeting on Tues., Dec. 21st and began with the approval of the Consent Agenda. Included in the Agenda were the Solomon Valley Manor gross payroll in the amount of $51,954,86, the Solomon Valley Manor warrants in the amount of $49,137.

Body On Giving Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Prairie Land Electric Cooperative, Inc. issued a holiday challenge to its 84 employees. The goal was to donate 10 items per employee for their local food banks. This was about one item per day until the challenge end date of December 10, 2021.

Body The New Year is just arriving, and Stockton merchants are preparing to greet the first baby born in 2022 with many fine gifts.

Body In October, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka asked their members, “What would your bank do with $500.00 to improve your community?” They received submissions from 54 members with great ideas to help assist their communities.

Body Ken Currie was a soil and water conservationist in Rooks County and Ann Currie was a home economics teacher at Stockton High School. Learning about how things worked was part of everyday life.

Body At the December meeting of the Stockton Unified School District No. 271 Board of Education on Monday, December 13th, the board members and food program director Kay Whitney talked about the school lunch program.

Body Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas is proud to announce the receipt of a $12,000 grant from the Beach Edwards Family Foundation.

Body The tough decision to start the transition to dissolve the County’s Home Health program was made at the Tuesday, December 14th meeting by the commissioners.

Body Stockton got a taste of what the Dirty ‘30s were like on Wednesday, December 15th when the forecasted heavy winds blew into the area during the noon hour and remained constant until late into the evening.