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The Royal Valley Board of Education is proposing a slight decrease in its mill levy for the 2016-2017 school year.
During a special board meeting Monday evening, board members agreed to propose a budget funded by 47.396 mills for the coming school year, which is a half a mill less than last year’s...
The Holton school board is proposing a slight decrease in the mill levy for USD 336, which also serves as the host district for the Holton Special Education Cooperative.
The proposed new mill levy is 58.754 mills, down from last year’s 58.796 mills.
The school district’s assessed valuation for the...
It’s budget season for area municipalities, and many city councils and commissioners are considering the implications of the future state Legislature imposed tax lid as they prepare their proposed budgets for 2017.
During the recent Kansas Legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill to implement...
Ethel Ann King remembers going as a young girl to the Jackson County Fair when it was held on Holton’s Town Square, inside a huge tent where all the exhibits were on display.
“Those tents housed everything,” she said. “Of course, when you’re 10 or 11 years old, you think things are bigger than...
Only a small number of candidates will be facing opponents in the state’s primary election, which is set for Tuesday, Aug. 2.
On the Republican ballot, incumbent U.S. Senator Jerry Moran is running against D.J. Smith of Osawatomie. Moran has served on the U.S. Senate since 2011.
Two Republicans...
More than 50 Jackson County individuals and organizations have been inducted into the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame, and nominations are now being sought for the 12th round of inductees.
Inspiring leadership, longtime business excellence, entrepreneurial spirit and...
Holton residents Ray (right) and Leesa Harshaw (center) recently received the Holton Yard of the Year honor from the City of Holton, represented here by Holton Parks and Recreation Director Mike Reichle. This marks the sixth year for the award, said Reichle, who noted that the city annually accepts...
For the past five years, the Holton City Commission has fought to keep its ad valorem tax levy at a level it deemed reasonable. Starting in 2012, the city approved annual budgets that included a mill levy that averaged about 54.3 mills, helped four out of those five years by increases in the city’s...
The Jackson County 4-H Fair parade – the largest parade in the county each year – is set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27.
Clubs, businesses, organizations, church groups, politicians and others are all invited to participate in the annual event.
Line-up for the parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. and...
A busy weekend at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Center to be dominated by horses in riding, racing and roping events will kick off 91st-annual Jackson County Fair, starting with a two-night rodeo beginning this Friday.
The main week of the fair runs from Monday, July 25, through Friday, July 29,...
