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The sound of acoustic guitars, upright basses, banjos, mandolins and “fiddles” has begun to permeate the air at Holton’s Prairie Lake — and that means it’s once again time for the annual Prairie Lake Pickin’ Party.
This year’s annual festival — the 23rd such event to be held at the Prairie Lake...
The deadline to file for the 2016 General Election has passed, and several candidates are vying for local, state and federal offices.
At the local level, incumbent Democrat Bill Elmer of Hoyt and Republican Melvin Bailey of Mayetta are both seeking election to the third district of the Jackson...
Even though it’s been 55 years since he graduated from Holton High School, John Chiles still has a wealth of memories about the sights, sounds and even smells from his alma mater.
“I was one of those people who used to walk down the hall and smell Zoe Dunn’s cookies baking in her home economics...
The Jackson County Community Band is gearing up for its fourth annual summer concert series.
The band’s first rehearsal was held on Sunday, and Jayme Malsom, one of the community band directors, said that future rehearsals will be held at 7 p.m. at the Holton High School band room on June 5, June...
The 10th annual Festival of Roses will be held Saturday, June 4, at Muscotah and will feature a western theme.
Festival participants are invited to bring their lawn chairs to the park and enjoy all the activities planned for that day. They are also encourages to dress in western or pioneer attire...
The annual Glory Days Car Show was held this past Saturday on the Holton Courthouse lawn. There were a total of 112 total registered entries. The winners of the event were as follows.
Mayor’s Award: Gary McArdle, 1970 Chevelle SS.
Purple Heart Award: Ryan Baker, 2009 Harley Davidson.
Jackson County...
A team of Washburn University students – including Holton’s Kennedy White – won first place in the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) Worldwide Business Plan Competition, according to a news release from Washburn University.
White, a 2016 business graduate, senior business major...
The Thursday afternoon commute in northeastern Kansas was a thoroughly wet one, with observers in the Holton area reporting about three to four inches of rain and some hail falling over a few hours’ time.
And although the Holton area woke up to a few rays of sunshine on Friday morning, there was...
Jackson County EMS directors are seeking an increase in county funding in order to fully staff two ambulances here in Jackson County.
During a recent Jackson County Commission meeting, the commissioners met with Brent Teter and Jay Watkins of Jackson County Emergency Medical Services to discuss...
At a recent special meeting of the Holton school board, a bid of $65,200.50 from the Gerken Environmental Company of Kansas City for encapsulted asbestos removal work at the Colorado Elementary School was approved by a 6-0 vote of the board.
Associated Insulation of Manhattan bid $65,513.35 for...
