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The Holton school board here Monday evening approved a list of operational guidelines for the new school term that states that face masks are not required to be worn in school buildings but are recommended in school buildings for anyone not vaccinated against COVID-19.
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As students across the country return to school amid increases in COVID-19 cases, many school districts are mandating that even if facial coverings are optional in the classroom, masks should be worn by all students riding buses to school.
Members of the Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education...
Face masks will be optional for students and staff at Royal Valley schools this fall, but the policy is subject to change if the number of COVID-19 cases and students in quarantine begins to rise dramatically in the district.
“I don’t think we’re know what’s going to happen unless we try it,”...
Joel Hesed has resigned as principal of Royal Valley High School, and the position will be filled this school term by Noah Slay, director of curriculum and instruction, and other administrators, it has been reported.
Members of the board of education accepted Hesed’s resignation during their...
Dear editor,
I am writing this with a heavy heart as our community is in yet another surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am proud of how our organization and coworkers have come together over the course of the last year and a half to keep each member of our community safe.
Each member of our team...
A National Night Out event was held recently on the east side of the Jackson County Courthouse courtyard. Several local law enforcement and emergency services agencies participated in the event and held demonstrations. In the photo above, kids had a chance to explore law enforcement vehicles,...
Holton’s electric power customers will see a monthly increase of “about two or three dollars” in their electric bill for 52 months as the result of the Holton City Commission’s approval of the city’s share of a bill from Oklahoma’s Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) related to electrical price spikes...
More than 50 people attended a special delinquent tax sale on Monday at the Jackson County Courthouse where 10 tracts of land in Jackson County were sold for a total of $34,925.
The owners of the lots for sale were delinquent on paying their taxes for the past three years and failed to pay the...
Matthew Browning and Justin Moore, who are seeking a Jackson Heights Board of Education position, and Rochelle Falk and Ryan Phillips, who are seeking a Holton Board of Education seat, will all advance to the general election in November.
Yesterday’s primary election narrowed down the field of...
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Jackson County and elsewhere in Kansas, with many of the new cases arising from the delta variant of the virus, according to Interim Jackson County Health Officer Ty Compton.
Compton reported on Monday that the county had 34 active cases of COVID-19 — double...
