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The Rooks County Commissioners met with economic development director Roger Hrabe during the regular weekly meeting held on Tuesday, August 17th. Hrabe reported on the economic development meetings he has recently attended with the focus being questions about how the ARPA funds can be utilized.

Kansas courts are telling couples who need a marriage license in September to apply for them now. The usual advice courts give to couples is to allow two weeks from the time the application is filed for the license to be delivered.

Tom Carpenter with Mapes and Miller was at the regular meeting of the Stockton City Commission held on Tuesday, August 17th to review the City’s audit report for the year ending December 31st, 2020.

The Kansas Highway Patrol has joined local and state law enforcement agencies from now to Labor Day, Sept. 6, to help keep Kansas roads safe and decrease the number of impaired motorists on the state’s roadways.

Braden “Bubba” Higdon loved cars and demos or basically anything that had an engine and made loud noises.

A Free-Will Donation Fish Fry and Raffle Benefit for Brenna and Rich Bouchey will be held on Sunday, September 5th at 5:00 p.m. at the Bellerive Lodge (1115 US Highway 24, Stockton).

Kari Becker graduated from Russell High School in 2011, and then received her bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Fort Hays State University in 2017.

A few weeks ago the employee activity committee at the Stockton Correctional Facility (SCF) was brainstorming ideas to help give back to the community. Since August was fast approaching, and with it the start of school, the committee ran with the idea to ask the staff to donate school supplies.

(Excerpts from The Norton Telegram, article written by Kirby Ross, Phillips County Review) The Kansas Department of Transportation has provided some of the details regarding the multi-million dollar K-383 highway improvement plan in northeast Norton County and northwest Phillips County.