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The State of Kansas closed August with total tax collections at $640.1 million. That is $24.5 million, or 3.7%, below the estimate.

Noxious weed director Mike Klein was at the weekly meeting of the Rooks County Commission on Tuesday, August 29th, to present them with information about a stand-on sprayer for the department. He located one in Kearney for the price of $10,799.00.

The Stockton Fire Department was called out on Tuesday, August 29th at 5:05 p.m. to 11 Road, approximately three miles north of Highway 24, for a baler owned by Joey Bellerive that had caught on fire.

For many years, the Alfred and Rosena Jackson house in Stockton was where memories of children laughing and family gathering around the table were made, when it was located west of the St. Thomas Catholic Church.

The Nova Theatre will change to its Fall/Winter showtime schedule this weekend, September 8th. Friday and Saturday showtimes will still be at 7:00 p.m., with Sunday changing to the matinee showtime of 2:00 p.m.

The 5th annual Stockton Rodders, Inc. Fundraiser, Dinner, Auction, and Dance will be at the St.

A Stockton woman was sentenced in Rooks County District Court on Friday, August 18, to four years in prison after a plea agreement was reached. The criminal cases involve the woman who, without authority, entered three different residences with Stockton addresses.

A Nebraska woman is lucky to be alive after sustaining serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident early Saturday morning, August 19. The accident happened at 4:38 a.m., on Highway K18 between Zurich and Plainville.