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Body At the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, October 25th, commissioners John Ruder and Tim Berland voted to include the county weed department in the base pay increase just approved for the road and bridge, and landfill departments.

Body If walls could talk, the Prairie View Schoolhouse, located south of Stockton, would have thousands of stories to tell about the girls and boys who attended school there in the 1930s and 1940s and many years before, learning their reading, writing and arithmetic from Miss June...

Body Next Tuesday, November 8th is Election Day and all registered voters should exercise their RIGHT to vote! Up for election are candidates at the state level, as well as the national level for U.S. Senate and U.S.

Body At the October 18th meeting of the Stockton City Commission, members of the Rooks County Main Street Development committee, Beth Oller, Sally Lowry and Denae Denio-Odle were at the meeting to talk to the commissioners about the options for the Trading Post building in Stockton.

Body At the regular meeting of the Rooks County Commission held on Tuesday, October 18th, commissioners John Ruder and Tim Berland approved the purchase of a 2018 pay loader for the road and bridge department. The cost is $213,000.

Body Five of our Rooks County 4-H youth competed at the 90th Kansas Junior Livestock Show held September 30 to October 2 in Hutchinson, bringing home many Top 5 placings in their respective classes.

Body Rooks County Emergency Management Director Butch Post served as the Kansas Emergency Management Association (KEMA) President for the past year.

Body The goal for this year’s PRIDE project was to focus on Stockton’s Main Street cleanup just in time for the town's 150th celebration. The Stockton High School students, teachers, staff and volunteers were out in full force on Wednesday, October 19th, during the PRIDE Work Day.

Body Stockton is one of 34 cities in Kansas selected to receive a total of $28.65 million for improvements to the State Highway System located within city boundaries.

Body Four sophomores attending the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis have each received a $500.00 scholarship as team members of the NCTA Crop Judging Team.