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Recent heavy rains in the Holton area have caused structural damage to the spillway at Holton’s Elkhorn Lake, prompting Holton city officials to close the road across the dam at its west and east ends, it was reported.
Holton City Manager Bret Bauer on Monday told members of the Holton City...
Visitors to Holton Community Hospital and Prairie Lake will be alerted by a storm siren when threatening weather approaches, while storm siren coverage in the city will be more thorough, thanks to action by the Holton City Commission.
During their regular meeting on Monday, commissioners approved...
On the first Tuesday of every month – before the sun even comes up – a line of cars begins to form in the parking lot at Countryside Park in Holton.
That line grows and snakes around the parking lot until 9:30 a.m. when free food through Harvesters, a Community Food Network, is distributed by a...
Wayne Vandewater first got into the restaurant business as a college student in Indiana, working as a cook at a White Castle fast-food restaurant.
“It just kind of got into my blood,” said Vandewater, a 35-year veteran of the food service industry, on Friday.
Today, Vandewater and his wife,...
The third annual Quilts In The Courtyard event will be held 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 11.
The event, which is held around the Holton Square, will include the display of more than 300 colorful quilts, a variety of vendors, demonstrations and a special presentation on barn quilts.
Most of the...
Last year’s Jackson County Fair — the first to be held mainly at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex south of Holton — made a “pretty smooth” transition to its new home, according to Cara Robinson, 4-H program manager for Jackson County.
With preparations being made for the 91st annual fair,...
The sound of acoustic guitars, upright basses, banjos, mandolins and “fiddles” has begun to permeate the air at Holton’s Prairie Lake — and that means it’s once again time for the annual Prairie Lake Pickin’ Party.
This year’s annual festival — the 23rd such event to be held at the Prairie Lake...
The deadline to file for the 2016 General Election has passed, and several candidates are vying for local, state and federal offices.
At the local level, incumbent Democrat Bill Elmer of Hoyt and Republican Melvin Bailey of Mayetta are both seeking election to the third district of the Jackson...
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