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Those who come to the annual Community Christmas Dinner will find no shortage of turkey or ham to keep them full, but dinner organizers noted that other food items are needed for the dinner.
There’s also plenty of help to go around with several volunteers already signed up, according to dinner...
This is the final week of classes before Christmas Break for many students in Jackson County as they close out the 2015 school year and prepare for 2016.
Holton schools will dismiss for the winter break after a full day of classes on Friday, Dec. 18. All Holton students will resume classes Monday...
For 140 years, children living in the Holton area, at some point in their lives, went to school in a building located near the intersection of Fourth Street and New Jersey Avenue. After the end of the current school year, however, that school — Central Elementary School — will cease to exist....
This Christmas greeting was designed by Jayde Cobler, 6, of Holton, whose parents are Christina Cobler and Josh Barnes. The Holton Recorder's special letters to Santa section is set to be published on Monday, Dec. 21. This section will also include greetings from local businesses.
A Kansas City-area utility construction company will perform the first phase of work on the City of Holton’s sewer line improvement project, although the Holton City Commission expressed misgivings that the company selected to do the job wasn’t local.
During the commission’s regular meeting on...
Who wears a big red suit and says, “Ho, ho, ho” to everyone? “Must Be Santa,” according to the title of one of seven songs performed by kindergartners at Holton’s Colorado Elementary School during the class’ Christmas concert on Tuesday evening in the Holton High School auditorium. Colorado’s first...
Offering affordable clothing, shoes, accessories and toys for kids of all ages, Hunny Mae Kids has recently opened on the north side of the Holton Square.
Charity and Josh Payne of Topeka opened the new and gently used clothing and consignment store last month at 106 W. 5th St. in the building...
Not long after the AmeriCorps team that’s currently staying in Holton has left for its next work area, another team will be arriving to take its place, the Holton City Commission learned on Monday.
Tom Bishop, president and CEO of Holton’s Homestead Affordable Housing, told commissioners that...
Businesses around Holton’s Town Square who noted good business on Small Business Saturday despite bad weather are looking forward to even more business with Friday’s Early Morning Sales, one of the highlights of the holiday shopping season on the Square.
Twelve businesses are taking part in the...
Three local families have been chosen by the Holton American Legion Auxiliary to receive assistance during the holiday season, and auxiliary members are asking local residents, organizations and businesses to help.
The Mary L. Bair Unit 44 Legion Auxiliary is starting “Operation Veteran Aid” this...
