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Body Twelve Rooks County students at Fort Hays State University are among the 2,547 students who completed associate, bachelor, or graduate degrees at Fort Hays State University in the spring 2021 term.

Body Claire McClellan of Plainville is among the nearly 3,130 students who completed degree requirements from Kansas State University in spring 2021. The graduates are from 101 Kansas counties, 44 states and 44 countries.

Body It’s not very often that we get to meet and interview someone who is walking across America, but Friday was that day. That’s when we met Erin Dietrich and her husband, Chris Rea, a truly inspirational couple from Bloomington, Minnesota, who are committed to this dream of Erin’s.

Body A GoFundMe page was recently set up for Ella Grace Miller, the eight-month-old daughter of Scott and Mandy (Breckenridge) Miller, who are natives of Spokane, Wash.

Body A lucky couple in Rooks County came to the Kansas Lottery offices in Topeka to claim a $150,000 top prize won on the $20 Extreme Crossword game! The winners chose to remain anonymous. “We play fairly often, but we’ve never won anything like this before,” the winners said.

Body Effective July 1, 2021, Mead Lumber Co., will close on the purchase of Heartland Building Center with locations in Hays, Russell, and Stockton. David M.

Body The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred early Sunday morning if Plainville. The KBI was asked to assist at approximately 1:20 a.m.on Sunday, June 27.

Body At the beginning of June the Board of Directors of the Stockton Food Pantry set out to find another location for the Food Pantry due to the demolition of the Scout House, where it is now housed, to make way for the construction of the new Solomon Valley Manor.