The Stockton Fire Department was called out on Saturday morning, September 5th to put out a ground hay fire on the Steve Hahn property on J Terrace south of Stockton..

The PRIDE winners for the month of September are: Dezra and Roger Roy (419 North Spruce) for Residence of the Month, and the Stockton Dental Center (624 South First) for the Business of the Month. Congratulations to the September winners! To nominate your choices, please text them to 785-639-1556 or email them to amberm@snbks.com.

At the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, September 8th, commissioners John Ruder and Greg Balthazor as well as county emergency preparedness director Butch Post, sheriff Gary Knight and clerk Ruthmary Muir held a conference call with Witt O’Brien, the facilitator for the County’s SPARK funds. The state has approved the County’s plan, so they discussed the transfers of funds to the county entities, schools and hospital.

At the Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce’s monthly member meeting held on Tuesday, September 8th at Lucky’s Speed Shop, it was decided that the Chamber Board would meet the next day to discuss the options for the Stockton Pumpkin Patch. The Board voted to cancel the event for this year for the health and safety of everyone since many people will be together and “touching” everything from the train, the laser guns, to just about every game. There is also a lack of enough manpower to sanitize and supervise each station. It was asked of all the Chamber members to think of more games and fall crafts to make and include for next year’s event.