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A motorcycle accident Sunday in Atchison County claimed the life of a Holton man and critically injured his wife, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The KHP reports that Wayne Edwin Dodd, 72, Holton, was driving a 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle north on U.S. Highway 159 about three miles...
Students at Studio 1 Dance Center in Holton held their annual dance recital this past weekend at the Holton High School auditorium. In the photo, (from left) Kolbie Noel, Trulee Jim, Carsyn Nocktonick, Brooke Willcott and Carly Hutfles performed "Ice Cream Freeze."
Residential trash pickup in Holton will be going from two days per week to one later this month as a result of Waste Management’s upcoming merger with Deffenbaugh Disposal, the Holton City Commission learned on Monday.
Holton City Manager Bret Bauer told commissioners he had been notified by e-mail...
The Jackson County Commissioners are looking into selling several homes and vacant lots acquired by the county through recent tax sales.
During a recent commission meeting, the commissioners learned from Earl Bahret and Eric Fritz, road and bridge department co-supervisor, that a local resident is...
Note: This is the 15th story in a series about doctors in our community.
Dr. Edward D. McKenzie, D.C., 66, has 46 years of experience as a doctor of chiropractic. He and his wife, Cathy, operate Holton Chiropractic Center at 928 W. 6th St. in Holton.
Originally from the Kansas City area, Dr....
Members of the U.S. Army unit that included U.S. Army Specialist Four Danny J. Petersen will hold a “company reunion” this weekend, and the unit’s activities will include a Saturday morning ceremony at Petersen’s grave in Netawaka Cemetery.
Petersen, a member of Company B (Bravo Company), 4th...
A Topeka resident charged with shooting at motorists along U.S. Highway 75 on New Year’s Eve in southern Jackson County pleaded not guilty to a new set of charges stemming from the same incident.
Cory D. Huff, 51, stood silent on Tuesday morning in Jackson County District Court when asked for his...
On Feb. 18, 1944, the love story of two people from Holton seemingly came to a tragic end with the midair crash of two B-24 Liberators over the skies of central Arizona. As a result, two young lovers were ripped apart.
On Thursday, in a manner of speaking, they were brought together again.
The...
Two recent Holton High School graduates have been chosen to serve as Kansas FFA officers for the 2015-16 year, marking the first time in the school’s history that HHS has sent two to serve in state positions, it was reported during last week’s Kansas FFA Convention.
Karl Wilhelm was elected to...
Less than half of the land that lies within the boundaries of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation is owned by the tribe or tribal members, but a new federal land buy-back program is being implemented to help open up more land for productive use.
“We were losing our land, and we had no...
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