Drive down Fourth Street in the morning before school, and chances are you’ll see Dave Snyder’s smiling face and friendly wave as you approach the crosswalk at Colorado Avenue, where he’s been helping kids cross the street and get to Holton Elementary School safely for several years.
“A smile and a...
Letters to Santa Claus from area children are now being accepted for publication in The Holton Recorder.
The letters will be printed in our special Christmas greetings section that will be published prior to Christmas.
The letters are due at The Holton Recorder office by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8....
Food donations are still needed for this year’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner, according to dinner organizer Janice Schweigen.
“I’ve only had one phone call about donations in the last week,” said Schweigen of items needed for the 38th-annual dinner, to be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov...
FFA students from all three Jackson County high schools were honored during the 96th National FFA Convention and Expo this past weekend, including five Holton High School students who ranked high among their peers in their respective fields of expertise and two schools whose chapters were named, as...
With work on the Banner Road reconstruction project wrapped up in mid-October, that project is finished, “all except for the paperwork,” as Holton City Manager Teresa Riley told the Holton City Commission during its regular meeting on Monday night, despite concerns raised by one commissioner that...
A total of 1,928 registered voters in Jackson County, about 21 percent, turned out for the Nov. 7 election, which included races for school boards and city councils, according to the unofficial results from the Jackson County Clerk’s Office.
At the polls, registered voters in Holton USD 336...
History and the arts are two of Suzette McCord-Rogers’ greatest passions, and in her time as a member of the Jackson County Historical Society, Jackson County Arts and Jackson County Tourism organizations, she’s been looking for a way to combine the two to create an “identity” for the county.
“Look...
The Jackson County Community Foundation’s third-annual “Thoughtful Giving Day” offers area residents the opportunity to make tax-deductible donations to benefit 34 non-profit Jackson County organization funds that benefit from the JCCF — and to see those donations matched by as much as $115,000, it...