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At the Rooks County Commission meeting held on Tuesday, March 15th, economic development director Roger Hrabe informed the commissioners that since the County had received a Heritage Trust Fund grant, they are also eligible for state and federal tax credits to help with the courthouse restoration...

Osborne High School graduate Thomas Spurgin will be interning with College Works Painting this summer, spending his time in the area doing painting jobs. Spurgin was born in Pratt, Kan.

A regular meeting of the Stockton Unified School District No. 271 Board of Education was held Monday March 14th, 2022 at the District Conference Room at 5:30 p.m. with the following present: board members Stephanie Niblock, Aftan Tso, Chad Sterling, Mark Billinger, Jesse Stithem and BJ Hoeting,...

Dr. Trey A. Kellner is the recipient of the 2022 Midwest Section of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Outstanding Early Career Agribusiness Award, presented to him this week during the ASAS Midwest Section Meeting held March 14-16 in Omaha, Neb.

The Dane G. Hansen Foundation of Logan, Kansas has named 222 high school seniors from 59 Northwest Kansas schools as winners in its 47th annual scholarship competition, five of which include students from Rooks County.