Business and building owners around Holton’s Town Square in attendance at a Monday, Dec. 22 meeting of the Holton Planning Commission said they would be in favor of changing the city’s zoning regulations to allow first-floor residential spaces at the back of buildings around the Square, both to...
For many years, Jackson County road and bridge crews have maintained an estimated 50 miles of roads on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation reservation on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and county commissioners are now seeking reimbursement for that work.
Since 2008, the county has...
In the fall of 1971 — two years after four northern Jackson County schools merged to form Jackson Heights High School — Nancy VanDonge was approached by district superintendent Robert Clark about coaching a new high school girls’ basketball team at the school.
“I knew it was important to start a...
Jackson Heights High School students got an early Christmas present before heading out for the holiday break on Friday, Dec. 19 — a screening of a 44-minute documentary on the Cobras’ 2025 football season, capturing the highs and the lows of the team’s 11-1 run this past fall.
The positive...