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Holton Superintendent Dennis Stones (left) recently accepted a check from Alexandria Bontrager for the purchase of a new drinking fountain for the Holton High School commons area. The new fountain includes a water bottle filling station with a built-in filtration system. Bontrager said she hopes the new fountain will reduce plastic waste at the school.
The installation of a new special drinking fountain is one step toward reducing plastic waste at Holton High School. The new fountain, which includes a water bottle filling station, was recently unveiled at the commons area of the school.  “This is a safe, sustainable way to encourage students to...
With the first day of classes approaching, teachers, administrators and staff in USD 336 are getting their rooms and buildings ready for the start of the 2015-2016 school year. In that vein, the Holton school board went over some of the final steps in preparation for the start of this school year...
A 5.322 mill increase has been approved for Royal Valley for the 2015-2016 school year.  Board of education members held a budget hearing Monday evening to approve the proposed budget, which includes 47.877 mills, up from last year’s 42.555 mills. For the 2013-2014 school year, the district’s...
The trial of a Netawaka resident charged with several sex-related crimes involving a child may be delayed because of the dismissal of his attorney. During a motion hearing for Scott James Buchheit, 35, on Tuesday in Jackson County District Court, Judge Micheal Ireland granted a motion from Onaga...
Note: This article is the 20th story in a series about doctors in our community. Dr. Steven Bear of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Health Center had some definite inspirations in making a career choice in the medical field. “As the child of a nurse and a firefighter, I grew up around people who took...
A memorial service for a Jackson County native killed in a World War II air battle over Austria will be held this Saturday in Netawaka Cemetery, it was reported. Sgt. Frederick H. Eulert of the Army Air Forces, 347th Bomber Squadron, 99th Bomber Group, was shot down in an air battle on April 2,...
  This year’s Jazz on the Square event featuring Holton native and jazz trumpeter Jim Seeley will include a new element – blues. Hailed as Jazz & Blues On The Square, the fourth annual event has been set for Saturday, Sept. 12, on Holton's Town Square. In edition to Seeley, Kelley Hunt of...
  More than 40 individu­als and or­ganizations have been in­ducted into the Holton/Jackson County Cham­ber of Commerce Hall of Fame, and nominations are now being sought for the 11th round of in­ductees. Inspiring leadership, longtime business excellence, entrepreneu­rial spirit, community impact...
  Four Head Start Centers in northeast Kansas are set to close, representatives from NEK-CAP, Inc. announced Thursday. A total of 59 students will be affected by the closings. The Head Start Program at the NEK-CAP facility in Holton will continue to operate, it was reported. Centers in Sabetha,...
  A Holton man died as the result of a late Saturday accident east of Cir­cleville, according to a report from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Of­fice. Sheriff Tim Morse said Gary M. Swindale, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 11:50 p.m. on 254th Road about...

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