Holton city employee Kendall Fox used the city’s Ring-O-Matic vacuum excavator to remove excess water from a pit on the south side of Holton’s Town Square last Friday as part of work needed to repair a water leak in a curb spout located in front
Nancy Kassebaum, a pioneering three-term female senator from Kansas who was one of the architects of bipartisan health care reform in the 1990s, has died.
Kassebaum, also known in her later years as Nancy Kassebaum Baker because of her marriage to former Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), was 94.
Her...
As the Jackson County Commission considers a 4.554-mill property tax increase to help replenish dwindling cash reserves and continue necessary county services, the commissioners are also looking at cutting funding to several local organizations, including Developmental Services of Jackson County.
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Additional sewer line point repair work in Holton has been approved by the Holton City Commission, which on Monday approved a change order to a work list for 2026 that included four sewer line point repairs and the installation of five manholes.
Commissioners approved a change order as submitted by...
Enrollment numbers at Royal Valley are up slightly as students returned last week for the start of a new school year.
At the Royal Valley B.O.E. meeting on Aug. 12, Superintendent Aaric Davis reported on the increase.
“We didn’t grow tremendously, but it is up,” Davis said. “It looks like we’re up...
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Holton High School head football coach Brooks Barta is getting ready for his 31st season of Wildcat football, looking to improve on a 2025 season that saw the Wildcats reach the sectional round of...
