Headlines

The Rooks County Commission met on Tuesday, December 28th and met with road and bridge supervisor Rich Bouchey. The crew is wrapping up on the bridge prep work with the time schedule for the installation of the new bridge to begin in early January.

The Stockton Sentinel has a new addition to our paper this week… a Church Directory. We have had people in the past ask that we have something of this nature, and we feel now is the time to do it. We hear too often of churches closing, or, for those still open, experiencing a declining attendance.

In 2021, Stockton had 19 inches of snow and 18.1 inches of rain accumulation. In 2020, snow accumulation was 5.5 inches with Stockton receiving 19.6 inches rain as measured at the Stockton City Power Plant.

The Week 4 (final week of drawings) winners of the Stockton Area Chamber of Commerce Business Drawings are as follows: (Adult Winners) • Dayna Kriley won a coffee mug from The Daily Grind. • Nealee Johnston won a Bowl Koozie from Stitch & Chatter.

The Stockton City Commission held its meeting on Tues., Dec. 21st and began with the approval of the Consent Agenda.

On Giving Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Prairie Land Electric Cooperative, Inc. issued a holiday challenge to its 84 employees. The goal was to donate 10 items per employee for their local food banks. This was about one item per day until the challenge end date of December 10, 2021.

The New Year is just arriving, and Stockton merchants are preparing to greet the first baby born in 2022 with many fine gifts.

In October, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka asked their members, “What would your bank do with $500.00 to improve your community?” They received submissions from 54 members with great ideas to help assist their communities.

Ken Currie was a soil and water conservationist in Rooks County and Ann Currie was a home economics teacher at Stockton High School. Learning about how things worked was part of everyday life.