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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...
The Aug. 18, 2008 edition of The Holton Recorder included:
* Colberg opens family practice
* Community garden thriving in its first year
* Plans put on hold for zoning a supply store near Hoyt
* Commissioners discuss Banner Lake improvements
* Pride of Hoyt Days set for Saturday
Forty years ago, in 1986, the southern Jackson County community of Hoyt celebrated the town’s centennial with a festival and a fund-raiser for construction of a new community building.
The festival was such a hit that the next year, Hoyt residents started a new, annual event known as Pride of...
More than 500 meals were served last Friday outside on the east side of the Jackson County Courthouse during GNBank’s annual community appreciation dinner that also coincided with “Cruise Night.”
Teachers in the Jackson Heights school district will receive a 3.2-percent increase in their base salary for the 2026-27 school year, while tenured activity coaches and sponsors, as well as teachers announcing their retirement early enough in the school year, will get a little extra, according to...
The base salary for a new teacher in Holton USD 336 was increased by $750 on a 7-0 vote taken by the Holton school board here Monday evening at the district office. With the estimated 1.5 percent increase, the new base salary for a starting teacher in the district will be $48,000, it was reported....
For 100 years, Evangel Church's brick sanctuary at 227 Pennsylvania Ave. has been a fixture in Holton, serving generations of worshippers while adapting to meet the changing needs of its congregation and community.
Church members will celebrate the centennial of the building on Aug. 30 with a...
HOLTON/JACKSON COUNTY-WIDE GARAGE SALES
Friday-Saturday, September 18-19, 2026
Download the pdf file of this form (located below this text) and print it out, then fill it out and bring it to our office at 109 W. Fourth St., Holton, KS with $13 to cover advertising costs. This will place...
Jackson County voters in the Tuesday, Aug. 4 primary election opted to discontinue a countywide sales tax and voted with the majority of Kansas voters in rejecting a constitutional amendment that would change how Kansas Supreme Court justices are chosen, according to unofficial election results...
