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No serious injuries were reported after a cropdusting plane crashed last Monday afternoon in a field in northeast Jackson County, according to Sheriff Tim Morse and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
David Brocklehurst, 49, of Vernon, Texas, was listed by KHP as the pilot of the 1973 model plane that was...
In a one-hour special meeting to discuss facilities planning with two representatives from the HTK Architects firm of Topeka, prior to their regular July meeting, Holton school board members last Wednesday evening discussed whether it would be better for the district to renovate the existing middle...
Holton Community Theatre opened its production of the musical comedy horror classic “Little Shop Of Horrors” last weekend, which features a live band, elaborate puppetry and a mix of veteran and first-time performers.
Dinner theatre performances are scheduled for 6 p.m. July 17, July 18, July 24...
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is expanding its services throughout Jackson County and the Second Judicial District, and volunteers are being sought to represent the best interests of children in the court system, according to Kayla Smith, CASA community outreach specialist and advocate...
For more than half a century, Mary and David Schock of rural Holton have been involved in the Jackson County Fair — at least since their daughter, Rosemary, was old enough to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a 4-H kid.
“I was a member of the Beattie Musketeers in Marshall County,” Mary Schock...
Holton Community Hospital officials are welcoming news that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved Kansas’ application to allow Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Emergency Hospitals to receive enhanced Medicaid support through the state’s provider assessment program....
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...
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...
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....
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...
