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The proposed county budget for next year includes a 1.12-mill decrease and raises for all full-time county employees.
With an $4.5 million increase in county valuation, the decrease in the county mill levy will still generate an additional $181,252 in county taxes next year.
The proposed mill rate...
A Friday night utility terrain vehicle rollover accident near Denison resulted in the death of a rural Holton man, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said.
Aaron Jack Minde, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident — reportedly the second fatality accident of 2021 on Jackson County roads...
The Holton school board here Monday evening approved a list of operational guidelines for the new school term that states that face masks are not required to be worn in school buildings but are recommended in school buildings for anyone not vaccinated against COVID-19.
All those traveling by...
As students across the country return to school amid increases in COVID-19 cases, many school districts are mandating that even if facial coverings are optional in the classroom, masks should be worn by all students riding buses to school.
Members of the Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education...
Face masks will be optional for students and staff at Royal Valley schools this fall, but the policy is subject to change if the number of COVID-19 cases and students in quarantine begins to rise dramatically in the district.
“I don’t think we’re know what’s going to happen unless we try it,”...
Joel Hesed has resigned as principal of Royal Valley High School, and the position will be filled this school term by Noah Slay, director of curriculum and instruction, and other administrators, it has been reported.
Members of the board of education accepted Hesed’s resignation during their...
Dear editor,
I am writing this with a heavy heart as our community is in yet another surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am proud of how our organization and coworkers have come together over the course of the last year and a half to keep each member of our community safe.
Each member of our team...
A National Night Out event was held recently on the east side of the Jackson County Courthouse courtyard. Several local law enforcement and emergency services agencies participated in the event and held demonstrations. In the photo above, kids had a chance to explore law enforcement vehicles,...
Holton’s electric power customers will see a monthly increase of “about two or three dollars” in their electric bill for 52 months as the result of the Holton City Commission’s approval of the city’s share of a bill from Oklahoma’s Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) related to electrical price spikes...
More than 50 people attended a special delinquent tax sale on Monday at the Jackson County Courthouse where 10 tracts of land in Jackson County were sold for a total of $34,925.
The owners of the lots for sale were delinquent on paying their taxes for the past three years and failed to pay the...
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