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The Red Line Cruisers Car Club has finalized plans for its 8th Annual Cruise Night and Car Show, which is shaping up to be another great weekend. The event is scheduled for Cruise Night on Friday, May 3, and the Car Show on Saturday, May 4.

The Stockton USD 271 Board of Education held two special meetings, the first on Thursday, April 18th.

The Rooks County Commissioners started their weekly session on Tuesday, April 16th, by meeting with health nurse Lori Eichman. They reviewed the bids for the IT services for her department that were presented the week before.

They had Woodys and Ariels a plenty, and Elsas and Brunos galore at the Disney Favorites Kindergarten through fifth-grade spring music concert at the Stockton High School gym on Tuesday, April 16th.

At the Stockton City Commission meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, the commissioners received an update on the Red Fest event to be held in June in Stockton. Colton Williams and Julie Hartner attended the meeting to answer questions about the event.

We begin this week's accident reports with the first two resulting from the wintry weather our area received on March 8. Four of this week's ten accident reports were because of icy/snowy roads.

The City of Stockton has been notified they are one of 51 organizations chosen as a recipient of a waste tire product grant totaling $34,951.00. These annual waste tire grants are awarded to local municipalities and public and private schools K-12 across the state.

The Rooks County Commissioners met with health nurse Lori Eichman at their April 9th Tuesday morning meeting to discuss IT services and a new firewall for her office’s computer system.

After Stockton USD #271 Board of Education members approved the Consent Agenda for the evening meeting on Monday, April 8th, they turned their attention to superintendent Sarah Armstrong, who gave an update on the math camps being held. An average of 19 to 26 students attend the classes.