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The new school year is fast approaching, and it’s time for Jackson County-area families to start thinking about enrolling their kids in school if they haven’t already.
The first day of school for the 2025-26 school year is Wednesday, Aug. 13 at Jackson Heights and Thursday, Aug. 14 at Holton and...
Teachers in the Jackson Heights school district received a $2,000 raise in base pay for the 2025-26 school year, according to a ratified teacher salary contract that was approved Monday night by the USD 335 Board of Education.
According to the approved contract, the base salary for teachers in the...
The Jackson Heights school board is planning to present a bond issue proposal to district voters at the November general election totaling about $5 million that would keep the district’s overall tax levy about the same, thereby achieving the goal of adding much-needed classroom space without...
Courtney Boswell has been named the new Shelter Insurance agent for Holton, taking over for Don Fate, who will retire from the business at the end of August.
A native of Holton, Boswell has spent the past three years traveling to neighboring states as an agency recruiting specialist for Shelter...
Holton Street Superintendent Greg Tanking (shown above, second from left) smoothed out freshly-poured concrete in the 200 block of Wisconsin Avenue on Monday morning while members of his crew spread the concrete around as part of a pavement reconstruction project in that block. The photo above...
Plans to build a sidewalk along U.S. Highway 75 (Arizona Avenue) in Holton are moving along, the Holton City Commission learned during its regular meeting on Monday.
Holton City Manager Teresa Riley told commissioners that the Kansas Department of Transportation had approved engineering services...
The Holton Community Theatre’s upcoming production will transport audiences back to the 1980s with its performance of the musical comedy “The Wedding Singer.”
Based on the 1998 film starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, the musical features ‘80s style, humor and original music, said Shannon...
A federal lawsuit filed earlier this year with the aim of stopping NextEra Energy Resources’ plans to place a 5,000-acre solar farm in southwestern Jackson County has been dismissed by a federal judge who said that the plaintiffs in the case lacked the standing to sue, it has been reported.
But one...
Along Kansas Highway 16 in far western Jackson County, motorists have been likely to see farmers quietly celebrating their annual wheat and corn harvests in the past.
Now, there’s a place along the highway that provides the opportunity for young couples taking their first matrimonial steps together...
Jackson County residents who have built a new structure or added onto an existing structure without a building permit from 2022 to 2024 are asked to contact the Jackson County Appraiser’s Office.
Those property owners are asked to self-report the new structure to the appraiser’s office and pay the...
