Four lots remain up for grabs at the Holton Industrial Park north of the city, but finding buyers for those lots has been no easy task for the city despite a recently-created incentive policy that encourages new business and industry to come to Holton, bringing property and sales tax revenue and...
Twenty-nine military veterans from three different wars — including nine from Jackson County — will be participating in the upcoming sixth Jackson Heights Honor Flight, according to information provided by USD 335 Superintendent Adrianne Walsh.
During the planned Sept. 17 trip, military veterans...
A new standards-based report card has been approved for Royal Valley Elementary School in order to help parents understand their child’s academic progress more clearly.
“The main difference is that it’s not going to show points; it will just show a grade scale using the new standards score,” RVES...
With the purchase of a house at 410 Kansas Ave. finalized earlier this month by the Beck-Bookman Library Board of Directors, the library’s leaders are looking to get the house demolished before considering any plans for the library’s expansion.
And when it’s time to make those plans, Librarian...
A total of 163 championship photos from the Jackson County 4-H Fair, held during the last week of July, are available to view and download for free on The Holton Recorder’s website, www.holtonrecorder.net
Photos of 4-H members and their championship animals or exhibits can be viewed online in the...
On Saturday, Aug. 29, rain or shine, the residents of Hoyt invite everyone in the area to come and share in a little community pride.
The 29th annual Pride of Hoyt Days event will be held Saturday with most events taking place in Hoyt City Park, according to event organizer Melissa Hosier, who...
One in seven Kansans reportedly struggle with hunger on a daily basis, but the volunteers at the Jackson County food pantry are making sure area residents don’t go hungry.
On a monthly basis, the Jackson County Ministerial Alliance New Hope Center Food Pantry feeds more than 300 people who don’t...
A 23-year-old St. Marys man died as the result of a one-vehicle accident Wednesday evening on 134th Road on the Prairie Band Potawatomi reservation, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Shortly before 7:30 p.m. that day, KHP reports that Artak Nicholas McCarthy was traveling westbound on 134th...
Providing Kansans in rural areas with adequate access to good health care services remains a high priority for Lynn Jenkins, the Congresswoman and Holton native said during a Thursday afternoon visit to Medical Pharmacy.
While Jenkins said it was “inspirational to see the great work being done...
Wednesday the first day of the 2015-16 school year in the Holton, Jackson Heights and Royal Valley school districts.