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Fifty area veterans were honored for their service Saturday during the second annual Quilts of Valor event in Holton.
The event was held at the First United Methodist Church and began with music by the Jackson County Community Band and harpist Hannah Glatter.
A free will donation meal was held...
Within 10 minutes Saturday morning, the fish began biting at the Kids Fishing Derby held at Banner Creek Reservoir for children ages three to 15. The event was sponsored by the K-16 Chapter of Quail Forever and Banner Creek Reservoir.
The valued assessed on all real estate and personal property in Jackson County increased by $4.269 million this past year, according to the estimated valuations that were recently certified for Jackson County.
In addition, each school district in the county and each city, except Mayetta, reported...
The winter wheat harvest in Jackson County has just gotten under way in recent days, and so far, it’s looking like this year’s crop will be better than last year’s crop, according to local agriculture experts.
On the other hand, this year’s brome hay harvest has been spotty so far, with results...
Volunteers are desperately needed to organize this summer’s Jackson County Relay For Life, according to Melissa Easterberg, community manager of development for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.
“At the moment, we don’t have a volunteer base to really put forth a relay,” Easterberg said...
Last year, when the new asphalt track was being installed around Jackson Heights High School’s football field, Larry Amon wondered why the concession stand at the football field couldn’t be updated as well.
Amon took the idea of mounting a volunteer effort to raise funds to fix the concession stand...
The amount of electricity used by Holton municipal utility customers hasn’t changed much in the past decade, but the wholesale cost of that electricity has gone down by about 14 percent, the Holton City Commission learned on Monday.
The reasons for electricity costs coming down in recent years,...
Joe Schneider, a doctor of chiropractic medicine in Holton, is set to retire at the end of this week.
Dr. Schneider’s last day with patients is Friday.
“I began working in Holton August of 1984, so it’s been 31 years and 10 months,” Schneider said.
Schneider has been easing into retirement as he...
At its recent meeting, the Holton school board discussed and and approved an expenditure of $159,589.20 in technology updates for the Holton Elementary School after visiting with technology director Tom Sextro and assistant Gordon Lamme.
Most of the money was budgeted in the bond money and with...
After being convicted in March on child sex charges in Jackson County District Court, a Soldier resident is asking for a third trial on the charges, with his attorney stating that due to a witness for the prosecution allegedly misrepresenting herself, he did not receive a fair trial.
Anthony...
