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Dollar General is interested in building a second store in Jackson County, it has been reported.
“We are currently in the due diligence phase for a new location at 110th Road and U.S. Highway 75 in Hoyt, which means we’re interested in adding a new location to Jackson County but have not...
Four of the five women who claimed a Holton man raped or attempted to rape them gave testimony in Jackson County District Court on Thursday about the sexually-related crimes that he allegedly committed against them.
During a preliminary hearing that day, Jacob C. Ewing, 21, was bound over for...
A Horton man convicted in June of aggravated battery in connection with a November 2015 stabbing incident in Holton received a 20-month prison sentence on the charge during a sentencing hearing Friday morning in Jackson County District Court.
Judge Norbert Marek gave Austin Whitebird, 22, the...
For at least four decades, the 400 block of New Jersey Avenue — the block that ran in front of the former Central Elementary School in Holton — has been a one-way street where school buses and other traffic were only allowed to travel south.
On Monday, the Holton City Commission made that block a...
A construction crew from Evers Construction of Lowell, Ark., is busy this week giving the Holton Dairy Queen an exterior makeover, with work on the restaurant’s new look starting this past Monday. Franchise owners Wayne and Tricia Vandewater, who purchased the restaurant in April, announced that...
Nearly a decade after voters in the Jackson Heights school district voted to approve a $3 million bond issue for construction of a middle and high school classroom addition, the Jackson Heights school board agreed to look at refinancing the bond and an energy lease for the district to get lower...
The Holton school board is considering whether to purchase a web-based, bus tracking computer system that could not only track the exact location of all school buses and school vans at all times but could also track exactly when bus-riding students entered and exited the school buses and vans.
The...
Interest in baseball and softball has grown to a point where it could soon be offered at Jackson Heights High School, according to a pitch from two district patrons to the USD 335 Board of Education on Monday.
Russell Bacon and Topher Dohl met with the board to discuss the possibility of adding...
Classes resume at area public schools this week along with extra-curricular activities such as sports. The photo above shows members of the Holton High School football team taking a water break during practice here Monday evening. The team’s players, coaches and family members were also treated to...
Members of New Life Church of the Nazarene are looking into the possibility of purchasing the building at 100 Topeka Ave. in Holton that formerly served as the Merry Manor Nursing Center, it has been reported.
Pastor Kevin Kneisley said Tuesday that church members are interested in purchasing the...
