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- Engagement Announced - James Morgeau and Shannon Hessler
Roger and Lorie Hessler of Sterling, and Marty and Carol Mongeau of Stockton, Kan., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Shannon Hessler and James Mongeau.
- Three hurt when pickup crashes
Three people were taken to the hospital with injuries after the crash of a pickup early Saturday.
- Pow's Story
E.R. "Bud" Nech poses for a portrait with a model of the B-24 airplane he was a crew member of during WWII at his home in Kensington, Kan.
- Man killed in hunting accident
A Tennessee man is dead after a hunting accident near Stockton Saturday. Sixty-three-year-old William Dudley Carter, of Adams TN, was hunting quail Saturday around noon when he was accidentally shot in the head ...
- Kensington man was German prisoner of war during World War II.
The number 21 has special meaning for E.R. "Bud" Nech. On April 21, 1944, Nech and his B-24 bomber flight crew were shot down over the Alps in German-occupied Yugoslavia.
- Prescribed Burning Workshop - " Stockton
Prescribed burning is one management tool that can be used on pastures, and Conservation Reserve Program acres.
- Agri Tourism Workshop scheduled
The Solomon Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. is hosting the Solomon Valley Agritourism Workshop, October 9, 2008.
- Veterans' Washington flight takes off at
TIM UNRUH The M.J. Kennedy Air Terminal was busier than ever this morning as 102 World War II veterans, mostly from northwest Kansas, went through security screening for a day trip to Washington, D.C. The plane ...
- Pedestrian struck by pickup at Stockton
A Stockton man on foot was hit by a pickup truck in the pit area of the Rooks County Fairgrounds racetrack shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.
- Is there hope for the Plains?
"Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvests" by Richard E. Wood During the spring of 2008 the world passed a critical milestone in its population trends.
- Harvest approaching -- weather or not -,
This year, there's plenty of hope for the area's wheat crop. There's a healthy dose of trepidation as well.
- Crops, roads taking hit in area -,
Crop insurance adjusters and FEMA damage assessment teams are a welcome sight in much of northwest Kansas.
- Severe weather hits again -,
About a week after severe storms began sweeping through the area, Thursday night marked a repeat performance, yielding straight line winds, rain, hail and tornadic activity.
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City DescriptionStockton is a city in Rooks County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,558 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rooks County.
Stockton was founded in 1872. Several of the earliest settlers were cattle dealers and they named their new home Stocktown, or as it soon became Stockton. Stockton is located on the natural trail up the valley of the South Solomon River and where the military supply trail from Fort Kearney, Nebraska, to Fort Hays, Kansas, crossed the South Solomon River. Stockton survived & grew during the thirteen years from founding until the arrival of the railroad in 1885. Stockton, Kansas was the home of George W. Beebe, who also erected the first house and opened the first stock of goods. He came onto the town site in June, 1872. Other settlers were S.C. Smith, who built the first frame house, bringing his lumber by team from a distance of 150 miles; Joseph McNulty, Marvin and Lynn Randall - the Randalls built in 1872 the large stone business house on Main street.
Stockton is located at 39°26′11″N 99°16′18″W / 39.43639, -99.27167 (39.436328, -99.271641).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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