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In 1988, Rex Cameron drove a 1972 Ford pickup pulling a trailer into Holton, ready to begin a new job, not knowing anyone in the city other than then-City Manager Gene Williams and not having a place to live. Since then, as Holton’s street superintendent, Cameron has built a regionally-respected...
Fund-raising for the placement of a monument in Holton’s Linscott Park to honor Jackson County’s Purple Heart recipients is complete, but project organizers noted the monument won’t be ready for its planned Memorial Day unveiling. Mike McManigal, director of American Legion Riders Post 44 in Holton...
Kansas Rep. Becky Hutchins
  Republican Becky Hutchins, who represents the 61st District in the Kansas House of Representatives, has announced that she will not seek re-election. “First, let me say how much I have appreciated your support these past two years,” Hutchins said in a press release. “These have been challenging...
Lynn Rinkes (left), one of the new owners of Holton Meat Processing, is proud to offer Flint Hills Premium Natural Meats products at the facility, which the Rinkes and Pfrang families took over earlier this year. Rinkes is shown in the photo above with some of the facility’s employees, including (from left to right) Ritchie Warren, Dana Klahr, Samantha Carskaddon, Cassey Schooler and Tyler Area. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
  Two local families who have been producing Angus cattle in the Holton area for several years re­cently purchased the Holton Meat Processing facility in an effort to get more Angus beef to the area market. “This was just the final leg in the farm-to-plate process for us. It was good for us to have...
Lilly Rooks (left), a seventh-grader at Royal Valley Middle School, recently took first place in the junior documentary division at the State History Day competition for her 11-minute film “Tragedy and Greatness: The Encounters of Ron Klerk de Reus.” She will now compete at National History Day this summer. Also shown in the photo are Brenda Hainey (middle), RVMS education technology specialist; Nathan McAlister (right), RVMS history teacher; and RVMS Principal John Linn (left rear). (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
A documentary about her former neighbor in Hoyt – a man who survived the Dutch famine during World War II and later became an accomplished chef in America – is sending Royal Valley seventh-grade student Lilly Rooks to the National History Day competition near Washington D.C. this summer. Rooks...
  A former Netawaka resident is facing another 60 days in jail as part of his probation following his conviction on charges related to a May 2015 incident in which he re­portedly picked up a package con­taining about four pounds of mari­juana from the Whiting post office. During his sentencing...
On Tuesday, 25 years to the day after a tornado leveled Andover, a huge chunk of the Midwest — including Jackson County — was getting ready in case another major tornado should tear its way through the region that night. None did, however, although the storm system that covered most of Kansas did...
The Jackson County Commissioners continue to be concerned with a proposed “tax lid” bill as Kansas lawmakers return to work at Topeka on Wednesday. The commissioners and Jackson County Clerk Kathy Mick were able to express some fears associated with that proposed bill to 61st District...
David Yennerell (left) and Rudy Foster, working for LeGrand Construction of Kansas City, Mo., worked on Tuesday morning to replace some external lighting at the Holton Sonic Drive-In, where a week and a half of renovations inside and out were wrapping up on Tuesday. The restaurant — which features new ordering stations, as shown in the photo above — was expected to reopen Wednesday.
On Tuesday morning, Shannon Smith was overseeing a flurry of finishing touches on renovations at Holton’s Sonic Drive-In restaurant. “They’re confident they’ll have it done,” said Smith, regional director of operations for Sonic Drive-Ins in the Topeka and Kansas City area. Although Holton’s Sonic...
Royal Valley USD 337 received two $5,000 grants from CenturyLink recently. One of the $5,000 grants was awarded to the high school technology classroom. Pictured are (from left) Teri Griffiths (teacher), Susan Pfrang (director of curriculum and instruction), Travis Van Vleck (assistant high school principal), Jim Holloman (high school principal) and Steven Rumple (CenturyLink representative).
Meal prices at Royal Valley schools will increase slightly next school year in order for the district to be in compliance with federal regulations. During the USD 337 Board of Education meeting Monday evening, the board agreed to increase lunch prices 10 cents and breakfast prices 5 cents at all...

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