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USD 336 budget to generate $84,464 more in taxes

With a $5.3 million increase in the Holton USD 336 assessed valuation for 2023-2024 school year, a total mill levy nearly identical to last year’s that has been proposed will allow the district to collect $84,464 more in taxes. The Holton school board Monday evening on a 5-0 vote approved a new...

Football Pick'em 2023 Week 2

Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Sept. 8. 1. Aeschliman Construction: Holton at Sabetha 2. Denison State Bank: Nemaha Central at Royal Valley 3. Beverley Brown Boutique: Maur Hill at Jackson Heights 4. Bergsten Insurance: JCN at ACCHS 5....

In the photo above, Carrie and Travis Patch have purchased 705 Antiques in Holton and renamed the business Patch’s 705 Antiques and Gifts. The couple has made several changes to the store, which includes booth spaces featuring 23 vendors.

Patches purchase 705 Antiques

Carrie and Travis Patch have taken ownership of the 705 Antiques store north of Holton along U.S. Highway 75 and have renamed it Patch’s 705 Antiques & Gifts. The couple purchased the business from Kathy Farmer McNeel on Aug. 1. Carrie operated an antique store at the Gage Shopping Center in...

New mural planned for parks and rec building

The Jackson County Tourism Council’s ongoing mural project is getting ready to add another mural, with plans to decorate the side wall of Holton’s Parks and Recreation Department building with a depiction of the founding of the city and the Battle of the Spurs, the Holton City Commission learned on...

Free landfill vouchers available

This week, Jackson County residents can obtain a free voucher that will allow them to dump one small pickup load of materials at the county landfill during regular business hours in September. From Friday, Aug. 25, through Thursday, Aug. 31, Jackson County residents can pick up a free voucher in...

Football Pick'Em 2023 Contest Week 1

Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Sept. 1: 1. Holton at Nemaha Central 2. Hiawatha at Royal Valley 3. Jackson Heights at Horton 4. Valley Falls at Atchison County 5. UT Martin at Georgia 6. Southeast Missouri at Kansas State...

Holton woman injured in car-bicycle accident (Updated)

A Holton woman was injured Friday morning, Aug. 18 while she was attempting to cross U.S. Highway 75 on a bicycle and struck a vehicle, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse. Hadassah E. Prosser, 52, was taken by Jackson County EMS to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka for...

Neighborhood Revitalization Plan amendment hearing scheduled

A hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 28, in the Jackson County Commission meeting room to discuss amending the county’s current Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, it has been reported. During Monday’s Jackson County Commission meeting, the commissioners approved a motion to set a...

Jackson Heights ready for influx of Wetmore students

Wednesday, Aug. 16 is the first day of the 2023-24 school year for students in the Jackson Heights school district, and the number of students coming in for the new year is expected to include more than 100 new students who are coming in from the Wetmore area, Superintendent Jim Howard reminded...

Dylan Thompson (shown at left), Dylan Aeschliman (at right) and Tristen McCammon (hidden) worked recently on the roof of a new house being built in the Banner Oaks Subdivision by Aeschliman Construction of Holton, while another home in the subdivision built by Topeka developer William Mah, shown in the background, is nearing completion. All but one of the subdivision’s 10 lots have been claimed, it was reported. (Photo by Brian Sanders)

Banner Oaks subdivision starting to take shape

Three years after a 10-lot residential subdivision at the south edge of Holton was proposed to the Holton City Commission as an avenue for “moderate income housing” that would help alleviate a shortage of available housing in the city, the first two houses in the subdivision are nearing completion...