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A Friday accident involving fireworks and other minor explosive devices at a rural Mayetta residence resulted in the death of an 11-year-old Mayetta boy, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said.
Colby Harris was found dead at his home shortly after noon after an apparent explosion occurred there...
Saturday’s Jackson County Fair horse show was marked by a hot day — and in the coming days, the fair competition’s going to get even hotter.
The 92nd-annual Jackson County Fair begins in earnest next Monday, when the county’s 4-H kids and others who participate in open classes put their animals,...
Lifelong Hoyt resident Dr. Ed Kester recently opened Kester Animal Clinic in Hoyt.
Located just outside the city limits at 13826 S. K-214 Highway, the vet clinic was previously owned by Dr. Darrell Carder, who operated Hoyt Animal Practice.
“Dr. Carder didn’t use this clinic as much because he...
Nikki Rinkes and Mandy Bontrager purchased Glenn Moore Meadows senior care home on July 1, it was reported.
The two women, who also own The Pines of Holton, have renamed the rural Holton facility The Pines South and will continue to provide senior services at both locations.
“Mandy and I were...
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Tinsley Bradley (left), an 8-year-old member of the Lucky Stars 4-H club, chatted with judge Cathy Higley (right) of Cummings about the outfit she purchased and assembled as an entry in this year’s Jackson County Fair during pre-fair judging for indoor exhibits held Tuesday at Holton High...
Ray Foster says he’s been supporting the young men and women of 4-H “forever, so to speak.”
Foster and members of his family have also made significant financial contributions toward construction and development at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex, the name given to the new fairgrounds.
That...
Good financial management and a seven-percent increase in property valuation are contributing factors in a possible reduction in Holton’s property tax mill levy for next year, the Holton City Commission learned on Monday.
Commissioners met with Leavenworth accountant Mike Peroo to discuss the city’...
Eight Jackson County properties sold for a total of $9,517.46 at the recent tax sale conducted by the county.
A special delinquent tax sale was held July 10 for eight tracts of land. The owners of the lots for sale were delinquent on paying their taxes for the past three years and were unable to...
The Jackson County Fair Association will host the seventh annual Jackson County Fair Rodeo July 28-29 at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex just three miles south of Holton on U.S. Highway 75.
The annual event will kick off the week-long Jackson County Fair.
The rodeo will start with a boot...
A honey locust tree on the west side of the Jackson County Courthouse was cut down last week because the trunk of the tree was rotten, according to Chad Phillips, Courthouse custodian.
The tree’s removal had nothing to do with the installation of a new sidewalk on that side of the courtyard,...
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