As of Tuesday morning, November 10th, the Stockton Farmers Union Elevator has taken in a total of 606,000 bushels of milo and 173,000 bushels of corn. The Woodston Coop has taken in 175,00 bushels of milo and 407,000 bushels of corn. Woodston is still taking in quite a bit of corn at this time.
As it stands, the 2020 fall harvest is approximately 89% of last year’s crop, and 110% of a five-year average.
Due to the Veterans Day holiday falling on Wednesday this week, subscribers to the Stockton Sentinel will receive their paper a day late. With the post office being closed on Wednesday, the newspaper will not go out until Thursday, making its arrival at your address a day later than usual.
It should be noted that there will be no interruption to those who get their newspaper from the stand outside our office, over the counter or online.
To all of our veterans, we thank you and honor you this very important day, Wednesday, November 11th.
We continue to see an increase of positive cases within our county. The absenteeism rate is increasing (3.1% above baseline from 2019-2020). The positive testing rate has increased over the last week. There is an increase in the incidence rate in the county, so we are monitoring numbers closely.
We plan to continue in-person learning for the week of November 9-13, 2020. If there is any adjustment required to the learning setting due to concerns in the schools, we will update your family quickly following a decision.
A notice was received around 4:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon from the National Weather Service out of Hastings where conditions are favorable for critical fire weather Friday afternoon, November 6th, due to low humidity and strong southerly wind.
