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  More than half of the planned 32 units at the Prairie View Senior Residences complex at the south end of Holton have been leased, according to Tom Bishop, president and CEO of Homestead Affordable Housing, which is developing the complex. The first set of interviews with lease applicants occurred...
  Two years after its opening as a family fitness facility in northern Jackson County, the Netawaka Fit­ness Center is reaffirming its com­mitment to Netawaka and the sur­rounding area with a fall open house this Saturday, Oct. 3. Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., the facility, located at 233 White Way in...
  Power outages on Friday after­noon and Saturday morning in an area near the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 and Kansas Highway 16 in Holton have been attributed to blown fuses on the city’s “cen­tral circuit,” according to Holton Electrical Production Superinten­dent Ira Harrison. What caused the...
  St. Francis Xavier parishioners in Mayetta will note the church’s centennial this Sunday, Oct. 4, with a special mass and dinner presided by Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City. The church and its members have been an established part of the community for 100 years, and 120 families...
King and queen candidates for Holton High School’s homecoming are pictured above. Queen candidates are, front row, from left, Maddie Foster, Holly Karn, Mackenzie Moore and Maggie Pruitt; king candidates are, back row, from left, Mason Barta, Kaden Brandt, Justin Pool and Brandt Rose. The royalty crowning will be held Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. prior to the start of the football game. (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
  King and queen candidates for Holton High School’s homecoming are pictured above. Queen candidates are, front row, from left, Maddie Foster, Holly Karn, Mackenzie Moore and Maggie Pruitt; king candidates are, back row, from left, Mason Barta, Kaden Brandt, Justin Pool and Brandt Rose. The...
The group of veterans and guardians who participated in last week's Honor Flight through Jackson Heights posed for a group photo in front of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. A total of 29 veterans and 19 student guardians took part in the day-long event.
On each of Jackson Heights High School’s five Honor Flights, stepping off the plane at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and being greeted by national Honor Flight and USO volunteers before heading into Washington, D.C., has been a joyful moment for participating veterans. But for Vietnam...
An Oskaloosa construction firm has submitted a bid for the Banner Road extension project that the Holton City Commission believes will get the Kansas Department of Transportation’s seal of approval. Commissioners noted during their regular meeting on Monday evening that of five construction...
The City of Holton has the potential to save nearly $86,000 in interest costs by refinancing a 2004 bond issue, the Holton City Commission learned during its Monday evening meeting. Dustin Avey, managing director of public finance investment banking for the Piper Jaffray investment firm’s Leawood...
Danica Haverkamp of the Denison Builders 4-H Club received the Best of Show award at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson for this teal, yellow and black quilt she constructed. The photo above was taken during July's Jackson County Fair where Haverkamp also earned honors in needle art and clothing construction.
Every 4-H member dreams of winning a Best of Show ribbon at the Kansas State Fair, and for Denison Builder Danica Haverkamp, that dream became a reality this year.  Haverkamp’s teal, yellow and black quilt won the top quilting award at the Kansas State Fair held Sept. 11 – 20 in Hutchinson....
Royal Valley High School seniors Trent Terrel and Anna Johnson were crowned homecoming king and queen before the start of the varsity football game Friday against Santa Fe Trail. 

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