The Rooks County School Districts are working together with our local health providers to keep our students, staff, and community safe.  Once again, COVID-19 cases impact our day-to-day school operations. Each district follows additional sanitation protocols in their buildings.  School personnel are continuing to implement many of the cleaning practices that were in place last year. Masks are optional.

Ila Belle (Dibble) Hoar, passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Redbud Estates, Plainville, at the age of 93.

She was born on the family homestead in Osborne County, Kansas, on April 14th, 1928, the last child of Arthur and Euphamie (Brittain) Dibble.

She graduated from Woodston Rural High School in 1946, and then she completed her teaching certification at Fort Hays State College. She taught for two years at country schools, first at Liberty Bell, and then at Valley, just down the road from where she grew up.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) released its latest list at 4:00 p.m. this Thursday, August 26th, of public health advisories for Kansas lakes due to blue-green algae.

After months of being in a "Warning" Advisory, Webster Reservoir has finally been downgraded to a "Watch" Advisory which is welcome news to those who enjoy using the lake.

Here is the following list:

Active Advisories

Warning