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HOLTON/JACKSON COUNTY-WIDE GARAGE SALES Friday-Saturday, September 18-19, 2026

Grammy-winning Holton native Jim Seeley is shown playing at an August 2025 concert at Holton Community Theatre. Seeley will return to HCT on Saturday, Oct. 24 for a fund-raising concert. (Recorder file photo)

Grammy-winning Holton native Seeley to return in October

In August of last year, Grammy Award-winning Holton native Jim Seeley returned to his hometown for a fund-raising jazz concert at Holton Community Theatre that saw a good crowd on hand for an exhibition of his trumpet prowess.

Members of the RVHS band rode on a float and provided a musical cadence for the Pride of Hoyt Days parade. (Photo by Brian Sanders)

RVHS talent on display at Pride of Hoyt Days

The talents of Royal Valley High School students were on display on Saturday, Aug. 29 during the annual Pride of Hoyt Days event.

Football Pick'em Contest: Week #2

WEEK 2 FOOTBALL PICKEM 2026 Sept. 11-13 1. Aeschliman Construction: Royal Valley at Holton 2. Denison State Bank: McLouth at Jackson Heights 3. Beverley Brown & Co.: Pleasant Ridge at ACCHS

Dennis Edmonds (shown above at far left) recently opened the Shine Runners liquor store at 204 Arizona Ave. Store employees, shown from left in the photo above, include Edmonds, Sarah Edmonds, Mary Teeter, Madeline Montgomery, Barbara Mattox, Otha Robinson, Jessie Robinson and Megan Montgomery.

Edmonds opens Shine Runners

Football Pick'em Contest: Week #1

WEEK 1 FOOTBALL PICKEM 2026 Sept. 4-6 1. Aeschliman Construction: Sabetha at Holton 2. Denison State Bank: Jackson Heights at ACCHS 3. Beverley Brown & Co.: Royal Valley at Jeff West

Fall City-Wide Garage Sales

HOLTON/JACKSON COUNTY-WIDE GARAGE SALES Friday-Saturday, September 18-19, 2026 Download the pdf file of this form (located below this text) and print it out, then fill it out and bring it to our office at 109 W. Fourth St., Holton, KS with $13 to cover advertising costs. This will place...

County looking to exceed RNR with 2027 budget

Following a public hearing last week on exceeding the revenue neutral rate for the 2027 budget, the Jackson County Commissioners are proposing a 1.595-mill rate increase to fund next year’s county budget. The commissioners recently approved a motion to publish a proposed county budget for next year...

Holton USD 336 budget will exceed revenue neutral rate

The proposed new budget for Holton USD 336 includes a 56.263 mill levy, which is slightly less than the current mill levy, according to the district’s public notice published in The Recorder's Sept. 2 edition. The proposed new budget is expected to generate $3,853,973 in local taxes, which is a...

Delia Days set for Sept. 12-13

On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12 and 13, residents of Delia in southwestern Jackson County are inviting everyone in the area to help celebrate their community pride at the 18th-annual Delia Days event, to be held on the former Delia Grade School grounds, according to Linda Dohrman of the Delia...

Fall City-Wide Garage Sales

County looking to exceed RNR with 2027 budget

Holton USD 336 budget will exceed revenue neutral rate

Delia Days set for Sept. 12-13

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