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The menus for the week beginning Monday, August 11, are as follows: Monday—Chicken strips, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, bread, pineapple. Tuesday— Goulash, California blend vegetables, bread, mixed fruit.

The Rooks County Commission met on Thursday, July 31st, to hold its regular weekly meeting and to sign the end-of-the-month payroll and vouchers as presented. At the start of the meeting, commissioners Jake Prockish and Tracy Rudman signed the 2026 budget for publication.

Always remember to put God first, and everything else will fall into place. It will! I promise you, even when the hay bales seem to have a mind of their own or the grass keeps growing like it's trying to take over the world, trusting in Him makes all the chaos a little more manageable.

Larry Baxter, Holton (Monday of the Fair): “I haven’t missed a year of coming back for the Fair since I got out of Vietnam in 1976.”.

The Kansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution recently held its 142nd conference in Overland Park, Kansas.

(Jean Lindsey, while cleaning out her office of things she said she didn’t think she needed anymore, came across an album called “My Diary,” filled with letters and articles she had written over the years from 1954 to the present day.

Get ready for the last three days of the Rooks County Free Fair so you can take in all the fun and excitement of the best county fair in Kansas! Remember, on Thursday night, August 7th, lots of fun is in store for everyone! The Grandstand opens at 6:00 p.m.

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More than 500 student council members and advisors from 26 U.S. states gathered at Santa Fe South High School from June 27th through June 29th for the 2025 VISION National Conference for Student Council Leaders, hosted in partnership with the Oklahoma Association of Student Councils.

The Daily Grind in Stockton will have a food trailer at the Rooks County Fairgrounds by the Sutor-Blauer Arena on Tuesday, August 5th, through Friday, August 8th, from 7:00 a.m. until noon during the judging sessions.