The Stockton Methodist Church has taken over managing the Wiggles and Giggles Daycare located at 511 Main Street. They have been managing it under the previous license for the last four months, and on Monday, September 16th, they received their licenses to continue providing daycare for the Stockton community.

During the Board Member Reports during the Stockton USD 271 Board meeting on Tuesday, September 9th, BJ Hoeting brought up the relocation of the District Office into the high school building for consideration. Hoeting stated his reasons deal with financial stewardship to the District via cost savings relating to maintenance, utilities, Internet, telephone, insurance, and other related expenses; the dual role of the superintendent/high school principal efficiencies based on managing one office in one building; and cross training of the District/USD 271 staff to better align and sustain sources.

The Rooks County Vision Leadership Program is now accepting applications for the 2024 class. The Vision Leadership program is a project of Rooks County Economic Development with a purpose of developing leaders who will have the skills and capacities to move the communities of Rooks County forward.

Nicole Pulec has lived in Stockton her entire life, and with her degrees in business, stepping in as the high school business teacher this year is a perfect fit for her, her family, and the community. Nicole earned two bachelor’s degrees from Fort Hays State University in 1998, one in office management systems and the other in finance. She went back to school and earned her master’s degree in human resource management in 2020.

Melanie Calhoon is teaching 6, 7, and 8 ELA and sixth-grade science for Stockton this year. She grew up in western Kansas in the Colby/Oakley area.

Eddy Calleros graduated from St. John-Hudson High School in 2019, and then attended Fort Hays State University where he will graduate this December.

At the regular meeting on Tuesday, September 10th, the Rooks County Commission received information, which is now posted in the Rooks County Clerk’s Office, regarding the application by Murphy-Brown LLC, doing business as Smithfield Foods, about the construction and operation of a livestock waste facility with a 300+ head boar breeding facility. The facility’s proposed location would be two miles west and one mile north of Plainville.

The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place on Aug. 21, 2024, in Topeka. Some bids may include multiple projects bundled based on proximity and type of work.

HaysMed is pleased to announce the addition of two highly skilled heart specialists to our Cardiology Department at the DeBakey Heart Institute. With Dr.