A “Sentinel-Style Review of 2020
(Continued From Last Week) Dec. 3—County tax revenues dropped $760,000.00 from 2019 due to a decrease in oil, personal property and specials.
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USD #271 School Board Recognized
JANUARY WAS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH. Our Stockton USD No. 271 school board members supported and helped lead our district through an unprecedented pandemic this year. School board members develop policies and make decisions that help shape the future of our education system.
Mass COVID-19 vaccinations held at old Dessin Fournir building in Plainville
The Rooks County Health Center (RCH), the Rooks County Health Department and Post Rock Family Medicine provided mass COVID-19 vaccinations in the old Dessin Fournir building in Plainville last Saturday, January 30th.
Stithem is county’s Spelling Bee Champion
Stockton Grade School eighth-grade student Bodye Stithem was crowned the Rooks County Spelling Bee Champion on Friday, January 29th at Palco Grade School.
Gifts to Rooks County area “Twice as Nice” in February
Your donation to the Heartland Community Foundation is Twice as Nice all month long, thanks to a generous match that could earn Rooks County an extra $50,000 for charitable grants. In February, the Dane G.
Award winners announced at annual Rooks Co. Conservation District meeting
The annual Rooks County Conservation District meeting was held on Monday, February 1st at the Rooks County Fairgrounds Harding Hall. The Come-and-Go event took place from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. before the meeting started.
Still waiting on the New Year’s Baby!
Oh, baby! The Sentinel and many Stockton sponsors and merchants are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new Miss or Mister 2021! As the situation develops, we will be sure to keep our readers posted!
Coble nominated to fill vacancy on Court of Appeals
Stockton High School graduate Angela (Chesney) Coble of Salina is one of three nominees chosen to fill the vacancy created by the Supreme Court appointment of Melissa Taylor Standridge.
Names on the Wall
Susan D. McFarland Rooks County Museum Coordinator In the gallery of the museum, we have on display (under glass) an 1866 Winchester rifle donated a little over a year ago by Richard Vanderlip, grandson of Charles Vanderlip who had the rifle on his homestead in Ash Rock Township in the northeast...
First big snowfall of the year
A significant winter storm with heavy snow impacted all of north central Kansas and south central Nebraska early Monday morning, January 25th, with snow accumulations of six to eight inches reported throughout the area.
