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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
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...
Members of the Royal Valley Board of Education toured all three schools in the district recently while district and school administrators highlighted recent facility renovations and updates. Here, school officials are shown checking out the new rope climber and saucer swings behind the middle school in Mayetta. New turf was also installed in the new playground area. (Photo by Ali Holcomb)
The Royal Valley Board of Education is proposing a slight mill increase to fund the district’s 2023-24 budget.  The increase is expected to collect an additional $187,531 in taxes for the district. During the Royal Valley Board of Education meeting on Monday evening, board members approved a...
Holton/Jackson County-Wide Garage Sales Friday-Saturday, September 22-23, 2023   (Download the form from the .pdf file below, then print, fill out and bring into our office, or fill out the following and email us at holtonrecorder@giantcomm.net)   Name: Address: City: Telephone: Sale Hours Friday:...

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