Jessy Maddy, Ginger Riffel, and Michael Carpenter sat in on their first Stockton USD 271 regular school board meeting on Thursday, January 11th, after being elected to the position during the November General Election. Thelma Berland was also voted in to fill the fourth open position going into her second term.

Nov. 2— Candidates running for the Stockton City Commission were Adam Bryant, Jesica Kerr, and Lorin Trowbridge. Running for the Stockton School Board #271 were Thelma Berland, Michael Carpenter, Jessica Maddy, and Ginger Riffel.

The Rooks County Conservation District will be holding its 76th annual meeting on Monday, January 29th at 6:30 p.m. at the Palco High School Gym in Palco.

Prairie Heritage Auction and Real Estate will host two Open Houses in Stockton this Sunday, January 21st, to showcase a commercial building at 107-109 South Foster from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and the five-bedroom, two-bath house, used as a current Airbnb, at 103 North 4th Street from 1:10 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.

There are plenty of prizes donated by the area merchants for baby, mommy and daddy as everyone awaits the arrival of the Stockton Sentinel’s First Baby of 2024 Contest. When that little miss or mister arrives, the parents have four days to notify the Stockton Sentinel to claim the prizes.

One person was injured in an accident just after 7:00 a.m. Thursday, January 11, in Rooks County.

The Rooks County Commissioners approved the 2024 appointments during their weekly meeting held on Tuesday, January 2nd. The appointments are as follows ADA Representative, Jake Prockish; Commission Chair, John Ruder; Community Corrections Officer, Jake Prockish; Official Depositories, Astra Bank, Farmers National Bank, First State Bank, Solutions North Bank, and Municipal Investments Pool of Topeka; Economic Development Representative, Jake Prockish; Emergency Management Director, Tracey “Butch” Post; Noxious Weed Director, Michael Klein; Local Emergency Planning, John Ruder; E-Waste Committee, Tim Berland; Solid Waste Committee Tim Berland; Health Officer, Dr. Daniel Sanchez; Land Surveyors, Jerol DeBoer, James Meis, Darrell Christen, and Christopher Byer; E-Community Finance Review Board, April Brown, Kelli Hansen, Lisa Gilmore, and Roger Hrabe; Mental Health Alternate, Gary Knight; Mental Health Representative, Scott Bennett; County Mileage Rate, $.56 per mile; Northwest Kansas Juvenile Justice Board, Jake Prockish and Danielle Muir; Northwest Kansas Planning and Development, Tim Berland; Northwest Kansas Community Corrections, Jake Prockish; Senior Services Board, John Ruder; Work Force One, Jake Prockish; Richland Fire District Board, Ivan Normandin, Tom Benoit, and Kyle Benoit; and Rooks County Golf Course Board, Bob Plante, Sam Jackson, David Reed, Brian Berkley, Gary Knight and Jake Prockish.

The 39th annual Parade of Christmas Trees at the Stockton Public Library has come to a close with many creative trees on display this year. One hundred and sixty-one people signed the register and voted for their favorites throughout the month of December. The winners were recently announced as follows: (Adult Category)

May 4—The Sentinel wrote a feature article about Stockton’s new rec director, Lane Stapleton. Eugene D.

A massive winter storm moved into western Kansas late Sunday evening and during the early morning hours with blizzard warnings and predictions of up to seven to fourteen inches of snowfall. In anticipation of the snowstorm, Stockton School District #271 called school off for Monday, January 8th, Sunday night. The District also canceled the monthly school board meeting for that evening and rescheduled it to a later date.