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This Saturday, area farmers and ranchers are invited to the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex south of Holton to participate in the Jackson County Livestock Association’s 33rd annual Livestock Exposition, JCLA President Kurt Kathrens said.
This year’s featured speaker will be Jeff “Tigger” Erhardt...
A rural Meriden family lost their home in a Wednesday night house fire, the cause of which remains undetermined at this point, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse reported.
However, friends of Lewis and Christina Williams, whose home was located east of Hoyt and who have children in the Royal Valley...
Jackson County’s crime rate is at a 10-year low, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse.
Morse presented his office’s 2017 annual report Tuesday at the Jackson County Commission meeting, and one of the biggest highlights was a 50 percent decrease in the county’s overall crime index between...
A Holton student group’s plans to build a fitness trail at Countryside Park has received the blessing of the Holton City Commission.
During the commission’s regular meeting on Tuesday ― held a day later than usual due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday ― commissioners heard a proposal from...
A 5-year-old girl has been deemed “available” to testify in an upcoming trial against a Hoyt resident accused of sexual crimes involving the girl when she was three years old, Jackson County District Court Judge Norbert Marek said on Thursday.
Marek also continued to reserve judgment on a motion...
In recent days, the number of influenza cases has increased dramatically, and health and medical professionals are urging people to take precautions against the flu.
“Last year, it seemed to peak in February,” said Angie Reith, nursing supervisor at the Northeast Kansas Multi-County Health...
While bitterly cold wind chills plague northeast Kansas, members of the Mayetta Spray Park committee are thinking of summertime as they prepare to construct a spray park this spring.
Since fall 2016, funds have been raised to install a spray park at Mayetta City Park, and Liz Long, committee member...
More than a month after Holton USD 336 officially notified patrons about some elevated levels of copper and lead in water at the new elementary school, the problem continues with no fix in sight.
Bob Davies, superintendent of schools, told members of the school board here Monday night that bottled...
Jackson County District Court personnel were a little busier during 2017 than in the year before, although the total number of case filings has dropped in recent years, it was reported.
For the calendar year 2017, a total of 2,237 cases were filed, an increase of 91 over the 2016 total of 2,146...
The 2018 Kansas Legislature resumed Monday, and members of both the House of Representatives and Senate are back at work tackling a variety of issues at the state level.
School funding will be a dominant issue for lawmakers after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled last fall that state school funding...
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