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The Holton Recorder and its staff have won 11 Kansas Press Association contest honors this year in the Division V circulation category, it has been reported.
Ali Holcomb won first place in Feature Package for her article and photo about Gerald Copeland’s newest carved sculpture on the west side of...
A proposed two-year moratorium on commercial solar projects in Jackson County failed on a 4-4 vote during the Jackson County Planning Commission meeting last Thursday evening.
During the meeting, which drew about 40 people to the Jackson County Courthouse, 15 minutes of comments from both...
With the departure of Jeremy Truelove, principal at Holton High School, at the end of this school term, USD 336 will have new principals at two of its three attendance centers next year. Truelove has served the district three years and had been given a one-year extension on his contract with the...
A Manhattan firm has been hired as “construction manager at-risk” for the construction of two building extensions at Jackson Heights.
During the USD 335 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting on Monday, the board voted to approve BHS Construction as the “construction manager at-risk” — a...
Proposed budgets for both Impact Aid and Title VI funds were approved during the Royal Valley Board of Education meeting on the evening of April 8.
The budgets continue to benefit the district in a variety of ways, including funding after-school transportation, tutoring and mental health services....
On Tuesday, April 7, Gov. Laura Kelly announced that she signed Senate Bill 84 (SB 84), establishing the Supported Decision-making Agreements Act, which will allow adults to enter into supported decision-making agreements to receive assistance with an adult’s affairs from one or more other adults....
Gov. Laura Kelly announced on Monday, April 6, that she signed House Bill 2537, known as Caleb’s Law, which expands and strengthens Kansas law to better combat sexual extortion and protect victims. The legislation is named after Caleb Moore, a 14-year-old from El Dorado, who died by suicide after...
Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed eight bills, it was reported on Monday, April 6.
The following veto message is from Gov. Kelly regarding her veto of Senate Bill 254.
“America’s immigration system is broken, but this is not the way to fix it. This bill targets Kansans who were brought to the United...
Candidates are filing now for the Nov. 3 general election, which will include several federal, state and local races.
The deadline to file for the election is noon on Monday, June 1, and local candidates must file at the Jackson County Clerk’s Office on the second floor of the Jackson County...
For more than a century, Holton-area owners of Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and other vehicles in the General Motors family could buy their vehicles and have them serviced south of Holton’s Town Square, first at Haubold Chevrolet, then at Clark Chevrolet and most recently at Doug Richert Chevrolet-Buick....
