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The business portion of the Stockton Unified School District No. 271 Board of Education meeting held on Monday January 4th took place before the members participated in a KASB Workshop with Gary Sechrist and superintendent Bill Lowry.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Treasury Department, announced Friday, January 8th, that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) re-opened this week for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers.

The Rooks County Commissioners approved the 2021 appointments during their weekly meeting held on Monday, January 11th. The appointments are as follows: 9-1-1 Fees, $.

Janie Lowry is serving as president of the Hobart Homemakers FCE and inspires members to really live out the FCE mission focusing on self improvement, leadership and sharing educational programs with the community in an effort to better the lives of individual and families.

Governor Laura Kelly announced January 5th, 2021, that the State of Kansas exceeded its goal to conduct 1 million COVID-19 tests in 2020, which was set by the Governor in October.

Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can sign up for the popular program which began Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, until Feb. 12, 2021.

If you are a motorist wanting to pass a KDOT truck plowing snow or putting down salt or brine to fight ice, you might not realize why it is moving so slowly. It comes down to physics and performance.

The Kansas Highway Patrol released its Christmas Weekend Holiday Activity Report Tuesday, December 29th. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27.

With the arrival of 2021, the Stockton Sentinel would like to present its readers with the year in review for 2020, from local happenings, events and tragedies written within its pages over the past twelve months.

While there may have been a huge increase in many COVIDrelated statistics, it would appear that the court system saw a decrease in nearly every kind of filing.