As Jackson County students push through their final semester of the school year, several spring concerts and commencement programs will be held to showcase the students’ talent and honor their hard work.
• 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14 – Royal Valley Elementary School third and fourth grade spring...
Tim Morris was re-elected to the Holton City Commission during Tuesday’s spring election, and many familiar faces are returning to the Royal Valley Board of Education after a tight race between several candidates.
With a 10 percent turnout of Holton voters during the election, incumbent Tim Morris...
On Wednesday, April 1, the Washburn University School of Business recognized 14 local students for their achievements as finalists in the Tri-County Challenge, an entrepreneurial competition for high school students in Brown, Jackson and Nemaha counties.
More than $10,000 in scholarships were...
Ask Dr. Michael L. Keehn of Netawaka who inspired him to become a family doctor, and he’ll give you a list of some of his favorite TV shows from the 1960s and 1970s.
“I don’t think that there was one individual who was an inspiration, but I do remember ‘Doc’ Adams from ‘Gunsmoke,’ ‘Marcus Welby M.D...
The preliminary hearing for a Netawaka resident charged with several sex-related crimes involving a child has been postponed, with the new date depending on the outcome of another Jackson County District Court case, according to Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller.
Scott James Buchheit, 35, faces...
Next week, Impact World Tour, an outreach of Youth With A Mission, is bringing its Team Xtreme International and GX International live-action programs to local schools to reach students and families with a positive message.
Performances have been set for 7 p.m. April 14 at Jackson Heights, 7 p.m....
Hoyt resident Lauren Van Wagoner recently participated in a 60-mile walk for Kansas schools with the organization Game On for Kansas Schools.
Van Wagoner was one of more than a dozen education activists to walk 60 miles in three days from Merriam to Topeka to protest how the state currently funds...
Jackson County students will be dressed in their finest Saturday as all three schools – Jackson Heights, Holton and Royal Valley – have scheduled their respective proms for that evening.
– – – – – – – –
In the northern part of the county, Jackson Heights students will arrive at the school between 6...
Visitors to Holton’s Town Square on Saturday will have the opportunity to take a trip back to the Old West from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. that day with the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce’s “Western Bonanza,” this month’s Second Saturday promotion.
Chamber director Carolyn McKee said that in...
A Jackson County Western Art Walk will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in downtown Holton as part of the monthly Second Saturday event.
Jackson County Arts is sponsoring a western art exhibit at the Hutchins Building and a “Cowgirls and Cowboys at Play” storyboard art walk that evening....