The first round of group swim lessons was held at the Holton swimming pool last week with a second session to be held July 13-17. Here, lifeguard Kamber Wommack (at right) is shown helping Chandler Strube (at left) during a Level 1 lesson. An average of 80 to 90 people have been visiting the pool each day this summer. (Photo by David Powls)
First round of swimming lessons held
The first round of group swim lessons was held at the Holton swimming pool last week with a second session to be held July 13-17. Here, lifeguard Kamber Wommack (at right) is shown helping Chandler Strube (at left) during a Level 1 lesson.
Holton Community Theatre hosted drama camps recently for area students. On June 19, some students performed the play “The Ever After” by Nathan Hartswick. During the play, fairy tale characters are invited to a talk show to reconcile. Cast members shown include (from left) Owen Morris (Emmett Mantella), Stella Kennedy (Jiminy Cricket), Kyla Tanking (queen), Adalyn Binkley (standing, mirror), Violet Kennedy (Snow White), Kizzy Black (Cinderella) and Savannah Varner (Stepsister #1). (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
HCT hosts summer drama camps for youth
Holton Community Theatre hosted drama camps recently for area students. On June 19, some students performed the play “The Ever After” by Nathan Hartswick. During the play, fairy tale characters are invited to a talk show to reconcile.
Three people were rescued from floodwaters in Jackson County early Friday morning following heavy rains. In this photo, Holton Police Officers Chad Ballenger (center) and Justin Keller (at right) are shown helping an unnamed flood victim navigate floodwaters after her vehicle was swept off Q.4 Road just north of Holton near Elk Creek. (Photo courtesy of Holton Police Department)
Three rescued from flooded roads after recent storms
Emergency responders rescued three people from floodwaters in two separate incidents last Friday, June 5, morning after heavy rainfall washed vehicles off roads in the county, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse reported.
Sharron Holliday (center) of rural Denison and her daughters, Sidney Eisman (at left) and Sophia Holliday (at right) are proud of their small herd of Jersey milk cows. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
Holliday family building "cottage industry" with Jersey cows
Soon after Sharron Holliday and her family got their first Jersey dairy cow in the fall of 2024, they discovered that the cow was producing more milk — a lot more milk — than they thought a Jersey cow would produce.
Dan Harris, owner of Holton Livestock Exchange, shown above at right, was on hand to meet many of the guests in attendance at HLE’s 75th business year anniversary celebration held last Thursday evening at The Barn On The Prairie. Debby Knouft, also shown in the photo, was one of those in attendance. Knouft worked at HLE as a clerk on Tuesday Sale Day for many years, as did her mother, Ethel Ann King. Debby’s daughter Carly Fletcher also worked for the auction business.
The first round of group swim lessons was held at the Holton swimming pool last week with a second session to be held July 13-17. Here, lifeguard Kamber Wommack (at right) is shown helping Chandler Strube (at left) during a Level 1 lesson. An average of 80 to 90 people have been visiting the pool each day this summer. (Photo by David Powls)
Holton Community Theatre hosted drama camps recently for area students. On June 19, some students performed the play “The Ever After” by Nathan Hartswick. During the play, fairy tale characters are invited to a talk show to reconcile. Cast members shown include (from left) Owen Morris (Emmett Mantella), Stella Kennedy (Jiminy Cricket), Kyla Tanking (queen), Adalyn Binkley (standing, mirror), Violet Kennedy (Snow White), Kizzy Black (Cinderella) and Savannah Varner (Stepsister #1). (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
A scene from last year's July Jubilee.
Three people were rescued from floodwaters in Jackson County early Friday morning following heavy rains. In this photo, Holton Police Officers Chad Ballenger (center) and Justin Keller (at right) are shown helping an unnamed flood victim navigate floodwaters after her vehicle was swept off Q.4 Road just north of Holton near Elk Creek. (Photo courtesy of Holton Police Department)
Sharron Holliday (center) of rural Denison and her daughters, Sidney Eisman (at left) and Sophia Holliday (at right) are proud of their small herd of Jersey milk cows. (Photo by Brian Sanders)

101st-annual Jackson County Fair ready to roll

It’s fair time again! The big week of the 101st Jackson County 4-H Fair starts on Monday, July 13, and final preparations are being made for this year’s event at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex south of Holton, where a wide variety of 4-H and open class exhibits, livestock shows and sale and...
Dan Harris, owner of Holton Livestock Exchange, shown above at right, was on hand to meet many of the guests in attendance at HLE’s 75th business year anniversary celebration held last Thursday evening at The Barn On The Prairie. Debby Knouft, also shown in the photo, was one of those in attendance. Knouft worked at HLE as a clerk on Tuesday Sale Day for many years, as did her mother, Ethel Ann King. Debby’s daughter Carly Fletcher also worked for the auction business.

Holton Livestock Exchange celebrates 75th anniversary

Seventy-five years ago, Wes Harris of Holton helped build a sale barn for Frank Zibell east of Holton, in a time when the concept of merchandising livestock at auction was relatively new, as Harris told The Holton Recorder in 1978. Over time, however, auctions became the prime method for selling...

Rain delays brome harvest

This is the time of year when motorists driving through Jackson County are likely to see large round bales of hay dotting pastures on either side of the highway, but rainfall received in Jackson County through late spring and early summer has put a damper on the brome hay harvest in the county....

RV B.O.E. OKs raises

Teachers, classified staff and administrators in the Royal Valley school district will receive a 1.75 percent salary increase for the 2026-27 school year as part of a new salary agreement approved during the Royal Valley Board of Education meeting on June 24. As part of the new contract, the...

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101st-annual Jackson County Fair ready to roll

It’s fair time again!

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Cobras fall in regional softball semifinals
By Brian Sanders A four-run rally in the sixth inning wasn’t enough to keep postseason hopes alive for Jackson Heights High School’s ninth-seeded Cobra varsity softball team, which saw...

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