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The Holton City Commission has tentatively accepted the proposal to purchase two lots in the city industrial park at the north edge of town on the west side for a total of $32,000 from B&P Propane of Holton, it has been reported. The purchase contract agreement presented to the city...
Scott Coleman, owner and manager of Ron's IGA in Holton, has announced that the grocery store, which has served Holton since 1971, will close at the end of this month due to declining sales.
For 45 years, the family of Valley Falls grocer Robert “Bob” Coleman has had a presence in Holton, providing “good service and quality products” at reasonable prices, according to Coleman’s grandson, Scott. Over the years, however, Scott Coleman, owner and manager of Ron’s IGA on U.S. Highway 75 in...
More history of Jackson County will be on display at the Courthouse as the county commissioners have purchased 11 more photographs of older, notable buildings throughout the county. Last year, the commissioners purchased 19 images from Verlin Wichman of Holton that are now framed and displayed...
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was not the front-runner in Kansas’ Republican presidential caucus this past Saturday. Nor was presumptive Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton in the state’s caucus for that party. Instead, Kansas voters chose Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders,...
Carolyn McKee knows antiques.  The Holton resident has spent more than 30 years attending auctions and garage sales, learning the history and value of furniture and home items. That knowledge is now being put to good use as McKee has opened The Gossip – Rumors of an Eclectic Style just off of the...
  With the nation’s two major political parties still deciding who will take center stage on the November general election ballot, Kansas Republicans and Democrats are looking ahead to presidential caucuses to be held this Saturday, it was reported. Jackson County residents registered as...
Kansas Sen. Dennis Pyle (standing at right) talked with local constituents during Saturday’s Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce legislative forum at the Hutchins Building. Also present for the forum were Kansas Reps. Becky Hutchins (at left) and Randy Garber (center). A total of 43 people attended the event. (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
  The state budget and Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax plan were just some of the hot topics discussed Saturday morning during the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce’s legislative forum. A total of 43 people attended the hour-long legislative forum at the Hutchins Building on Saturday that included...
Holton Parks and Recreation Director Mike Reichle stands next to a 16-foot section of chain link fence in right field at Optimist Field in Holton’s Chandler Park. New fencing has recently been installed at the baseball field. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
  It will take a batter with a lot more power and the ability to hit a baseball or softball with a much higher trajectory to hit a home run at Holton’s Optimist Field now. The Optimist Field ballfield at Chandler Park has been transformed from what was considered a small ballfield into a much...
Honored Royal Valley students were (from left) Macy Putnam, Brittany Lake, Noah Rottinghaus, Derek Linn, Kate Hanson and Johnathan Beckerman.
The Kansas Honors Program held its annual dinner and recognition of the top 10 percent of this year’s high school seniors in Jackson and Nemaha counties on Wednesday at First United Methodist Church. 
Members of the Jackson Heights High School Grand State championship team from 1976 were honored Friday during the Cobra boys' basketball game. Coaches and team members include (from left) head coach Ken Thomas, assistant coach Dave Henry, Brenda Holaday, Sheri Oxandale Dibbern, Connie Brown...

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