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“It is our job to motivate our kids. It is our job to sell the value of what we do in the classroom. And that value is not necessarily the math. It’s the process, it’s the thinking skills, it’s the failures, it’s the picking yourself up, which is exactly what we’re trying to teach on the football...
Issues like limiting property tax increases, banning cell phones in schools statewide and changing Kansas’ sports wagering laws are expected to keep local lawmakers busy as the 2026 session of the Kansas Legislature reconvenes on Monday.
Sen. Craig Bowser of Holton is entering his second year...
Holton’s municipal water conservation plan is in need of an update, and at the Holton City Commission’s first meeting of 2026, commissioners received a copy of an update that is currently being reviewed by the Kansas Water Office.
During the commission’s regular meeting on Monday, commissioners met...
Jackson County residents in nine townships are invited to attend a special meeting with the Jackson County Commissioners at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Memorial Hall in the Jackson County Courthouse to discuss road maintenance and the formation of township-level advisory committees.
The...
HOLTON/JACKSON COUNTY-WIDE GARAGE SALES
Friday-Saturday, April 24-25, 2026
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Business and building owners around Holton’s Town Square in attendance at a Monday, Dec. 22 meeting of the Holton Planning Commission said they would be in favor of changing the city’s zoning regulations to allow first-floor residential spaces at the back of buildings around the Square, both to...
For many years, Jackson County road and bridge crews have maintained an estimated 50 miles of roads on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation reservation on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and county commissioners are now seeking reimbursement for that work.
Since 2008, the county has...
In the fall of 1971 — two years after four northern Jackson County schools merged to form Jackson Heights High School — Nancy VanDonge was approached by district superintendent Robert Clark about coaching a new high school girls’ basketball team at the school.
“I knew it was important to start a...
Jackson Heights High School students got an early Christmas present before heading out for the holiday break on Friday, Dec. 19 — a screening of a 44-minute documentary on the Cobras’ 2025 football season, capturing the highs and the lows of the team’s 11-1 run this past fall.
The positive...
The Jackson County Commissioners recently agreed to hire a law firm to negotiate a higher per diem rate for housing U.S. Marshals Service prisoners in the county jail.
At a recent Jackson County Commission meeting, Undersheriff John Calhoon discussed entering into an agreement to renegotiate the...
