While testimony in the Jackson County District Court case against a Holton resident charged with attempted first-degree murder, rape and other offenses may face a “language barrier,” a Holton woman recognized as the victim in the case tearfully made it clear on Thursday that domestic violence...
Area students will be dismissed from school for summer break soon.
The last day of classes for students at Jackson Heights is Thursday, May 19. All students will be dismissed at 1 p.m.
Royal Valley students will also start their summer vacation on Thursday, May 19, when they are released from...
Holton Community Hospital and three other Kansas hospitals were recently recognized for their leadership and achievement in quality improvement and patient safety by the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative (KHC).
The awards were sponsored by the KaMMCO Foundation and presented at the KHC’s eighth...
More than 200 high school seniors in the Jackson County area will put an end to their high school years at commencement ceremonies scheduled over the next two weeks, it has been reported.
Two of those commencement ceremonies are set for this Saturday, including Wetmore High School’s 2 p.m. ceremony...
The owners of Brahma Excavating of Holton have expanded their services and are now leasing equipment to northeast Kansans who have a project but not the right tools.
Donnie Wischmeier, who owns Brahma Excavating with his wife, Nancy, and son, Lance Mannell, said Brahma Equipment Leasing was formed...
Holton High School’s FFA Envirothon team will compete at the North America Envirothon competition, set for July 24-29 at Trent University’s campus in Peterbourgh, Ontario, Canada. They qualified for nationals by winning first place in the State Envirothon competition on April 27.
Freshman Walker...
By Brian Sanders
As students in the Jackson Heights school district prepare for summer vacation, the district’s custodial staff is preparing for summer maintenance projects, some of which were approved on Monday by the USD 335 Board of Education.
During the board’s regular monthly meeting, board...
The construction of the new Holton Elementary School is now entering what Nabholz construction superintendent David Lassiter characterizes as “the big push to the end.’’
Lassiter met with the school board here Monday evening to provide an update on the construction progress.
Sidewalks, paving,...
With the purchase of 85 additional laptop computers approved Monday evening, Royal Valley’s one-to-one technology initiative will now span grades fifth through 12.
During the board’s meeting, new Lenovo Chromebook laptops were purchased from Twotrees Technologies of Wichita at a total cost of $26,...
Congresswoman and Holton native Lynn Jenkins filed on Thursday for election to a fifth two-year term as Kansas’ Second District Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, it has been reported.
Jenkins, who has served in Congress since 2009, expressed a desire to continue her...