Members of the Jackson Heights USD 335 and Prairie Hills USD 113 school boards held a special Wednesday meeting in Sabetha to open the conversation on how to handle the transfer of land between the two districts in light of the latter’s decision earlier this year to close Wetmore Attendance Center...
Ten years ago, Holton residents voted to approve a half-cent addition to the city’s municipal sales tax that would be used to fund infrastructure improvements and debt reduction in the city, and the addition passed by a three-to-one margin.
This June, city residents will go to the polls to decide...
The Royal Valley school district was the winning bidder on a 98-acre piece of land located next to the RV elementary school that sold Sunday during a real estate auction in Hoyt, it was reported.
Superintendent Aaric Davis said that the board of education will take formal action to purchase the...
Last May, Linda Clements, a 1982 graduate of Holton High School, was celebrating her class’ 40-year reunion at the HHS Alumni Banquet when she heard that there was talk that the annual banquet — the cornerstone event of the annual Glory Days weekend — “was going to go by the wayside.”
Clements...
Plans for summer chip-and-seal projects are moving forward on several county roads after the Jackson County Commissioners approved a bid for the work at a recent meeting.
On a 3-0 vote, the commissioners approved a bid of $288,640 from Harbour Construction of Kansas City to chip-and-seal several...
Ask Preston Luttrell of Holton and he’ll tell you how hot peppers saved his life.
The Virginia native and U.S. Army veteran picked up a love of peppers about five years ago after a co-worker shared some “super hot” peppers with him — ghost peppers, Carolina Reapers and the like.
“This was the...
A Kiwanis club has recently formed here with the goal of helping children in Jackson County.
Dan Brenner, who serves as the president of the newly formed club, said the mission of Kiwanis is to “improve the world one child and one community at a time.”
The club started in January and meets at 4:30...
The three members of the Kansas House of Representatives that represent Jackson County were split in the recent vote on a wide-ranging educational bill that would use state taxpayer funds for private school and home school students, it was reported.
Representatives Francis Awerkamp (R-St. Marys)...
Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) internet service is coming to Denison after Giant Communications was awarded an $895,295 grant from the state.
Representatives from Giant Communications met with Denison residents at Finer Than A Frog Hair Bar & Grill last Thursday to share more information about the...
Arkansas City High School principal Jeremy Truelove will lead Holton High School starting next school year, it has been reported.
The Holton school district announced this week that Truelove, who has worked all 15 years of his educational career at Arkansas City, has been appointed to the high...