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Plans to build a spray park in Mayetta continue to move forward as members of the project committee are seeking donations from area businesses, individuals and Jackson County government. At Monday’s Jackson County Commission meeting, spray park committee members Liz Long, Delaina Miller and Dan...
Holton’s electric customers are likely to see a reduction in their monthly energy bills next year as the result of a new five-year contract between the city and the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (KMEA) approved on Monday by the Holton City Commission. During their regular meeting, commissioners...
Sherry Ireland opened Dragonfly Yoga and Persian Rugs on the north side of the Holton Square this fall. Photo by Ali Holcomb
Dragonfly Yoga and Persian Rugs is open on the north side of the Holton Square at 106 W. 5th St. Owned by Sherry Ireland, the shop includes more than 300 vintage Persian rugs in a variety of colors and sizes.  Since September, the shop has been offering an assortment of authentic vegetable-dyed...
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, an event that resulted in the deaths of more than 2,400 Americans — including one man from Holton. Seaman First Class Milton Henry Davis of the U.S. Navy was a crew member on the USS Arizona on the morning of Dec....
Ruby (age 4, at left) and Rilley (age 6) Robinson, along with their horses, Topsy and Virginia, were all decked out for the annual Christmas Parade of Lights.  (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
A total of 38 businesses, churches, clubs and individuals participated in this year's Parade of Lights event held Saturday around Holton's Town Square. 
  Repair work on a “problematic” sewer interceptor line on the north side of Holton and stabilization of an eroded section of Elk Creek’s bank in the area of the line is now complete, Holton City Manager Kerwin McKee reported. Work crews from Nowak Con­struction of Goddard finished their work on...
Nina (left) and Jerry Reed of Soldier have recently published a 300-page book about the history of Soldier and surroundings communities. The book is a collection of photos and stories from families have have, and continue to live, in the area. (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
  Jerry and Nina Reed of Soldier have self-published a 300-page collection of stories and photographs to help preserve the history of Soldier and the surrounding communities. Since February, the couple has been gathering information for the book by “just talking” to neighbors and community members...
  Kansas Gas Service residential customers, including those in Holton and Jackson County, can expect to see an increase in their 2017 bills of about $1.25 per month after the Kansas Corporation Commission accepted a settlement agreement with the company on Tuesday. According to KGS, the company...
During her lifetime, the late Lenamaye Williams of Whiting never took being involved in anything lightly, whether it was as Whiting’s city clerk, various civic and community organizations or the more than 70 foster children that she and her husband took into their home. “You don’t do all the things...
The possibility of starting a voucher program to allow rural, senior adults to eat a nutritional meal from their local café at a discounted price was discussed during Monday’s Jackson County meeting Commissioner Rob Ladner asked Amanda Spalding, county senior services director, if she had heard of...

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