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The Woodston Fire Department was called out for mutual aid to 657 Avenue in Alton on Monday evening, February 15th at 11:00 p.m. They arrived on the scene to help with a structure fire. They fought the flames for over two and a half hours, but the structure was a total loss.

Hallie McCall will join the medical team at Smith County Family Practice as a physician assistant. She will begin practicing in the clinic in February while awaiting final paperwork from the state.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has already forgiven more than 1.1 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for over $100 billion, providing an extraordinary amount of critical relief to America’s small businesses just 3 months since the earliest PPP borrowers’ covered periods ended.

LITTLE KEVIN KROM claimed the title of RCH New Year’s Baby for 2021 after entering the world at 12:43 a.m. on January 1, 2021. He is the son of Dawn Hepple and Skye Krom of Phillipsburg. Baby Kevin, who weighed 4 pounds, 5 ounces and was 14 inches long at birth, is doing fine at home.

The Stockton High School students in the Leadership Service In Action class discovered that there was a lack of resources related to food insecurity and domestic violence in our area.

At the regular meeting of the Rooks County Commission held on Tuesday, February 2nd, the three commissioners met with register of deeds April Brown, who was requesting permission to update her office.

The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place Jan. 20, 2021, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work.

STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (from left) Cappi Hoeting, Tierra Yohon, Coryn Hahn, Addie Struckhoff, Delanee Bedore, Cameron Lindsey and Camden Iwanski were inducted into National Honor Society on Monday in a ceremony which took place in the afternoon at Stockton High School.