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At the weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission, Kelly Muir and Anna Luna representing the Rooks County Free Fair Board informed the commissioners that their organization will move forward with the event with the possibility of no carnival on the midway this summer.

The Dane G. Hansen Foundation of Logan has named 223 high school seniors from 59 Northwest Kansas schools as winners in its 46th annual scholarship competition, four of which included seniors from Rooks County.

When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.” That’s human nature, particularly for officials in the public eye who may have to run for office again.

During the Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting held on Tuesday, March 9th at Pizza Hut, the members present discussed the Peony Festival, which has been set for Saturday, May 29th.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) announced Friday, March 12th, $8,903,293 in U.S. Department of Transportation grants for 23 Kansas airports to help with expenses related to COVID-19, one of which includes Rooks County Regional Airport of Stockton.

Three teams were able to compete in this year’s Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) hosted by Rooks County E-Community and Economic Development on Wednesday, March 3rd.