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Merritt High School’s overall performance indicator for the 22-23 school year came in at 69 percent, while the state came in at 55 percent. The report card serves as an indicator of how the students are doing in a variety of areas. Those areas include academic achievement, graduation, chronic absenteeism, and postsecondary opportunities. MHS had no reportable data in the area of English language proficiency progress.

Representative Nick Archer

Elk City, OK: Great Plains Regional Medical Center’s first baby of 2024 was born January 5th to proud parents Candra Davis and Nathan Rose. Taylyn Faye arrived weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces and 21 inches long. Taylyn is welcomed home by her siblings Tatum, Tyson, Kelsey, Dillon, and Aspen.

The alleged victim had been taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Reports went out on January 10 for a BOLO – or Be on the Lookout – for a suspect who had allegedly stolen vehicles and committed armed robbery at Love’s Convenience Store in Erick.

Dear Abby

A bag of seed stored in the barn won’t produce a wheat crop as long as it’s in the barn. While in the barn, rodents, birds and bugs will gnaw away at the kernels until it can no longer produce abundantly, even when planted in the soil.

WONDERFUL

NORTHEAST Kaw: Dec 31. Elevation is 2 ft. above normal (falling). Water temperature 39°F and murky. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait, punch bait, shad, and worms around flats, main lake, river channel, and river mouth. Striped-hybrid and white bass fair on in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, jigs, sassy shad, shad, and spoons around points and riprap. Paddlefish good on snagging around main lake and river channel. Report submitted by Spencer Grace, game warden stationed in Kay County. Perry CCC: Dec 31. Elevation is 2 ft. above normal (stable). Water temperature 46°F and stained. Rainbow trout good on dough bait, in-line spinnerbaits, midges, nymphs, PowerBait, and worms around coves, dam, and flats. Report submitted by Stephen Paul, game warden stationed in Noble County.

Applications for Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 2024 Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators program year are now open until March 1 for rural Oklahoma and agricultural innovators looking to develop their enterprises and deepen their business understanding.

STILLWATER, OKLA., Dec. 31, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director, Kenneth Corn today announced that the Oklahoma State Office is now accepting Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grant Applications.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Today, the State of Oklahoma received its first three made-in-Oklahoma electric vehicles from Canoo as an innovative part of the state’s ongoing fleet modernization initiative. At a combined cost of $119,850, these three Lifestyle Delivery Vehicles (LDVs) are the first of their kind in the state fleet, with one each assigned to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections.