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If a proposed bill in the Kansas Legislature — one that Jackson County school leaders say is a “waste of time and effort” — is approved during the next Legislative session, several who serve on the county’s school boards would have to resign their positions.
House Bill 2345, a bill legislators...
Construction of senior housing duplexes at the Prairie View complex is progressing nicely, and there may be the possibility for construction of one or two more duplexes in that area once the complex is complete, Homestead Affordable Housing president and CEO Tom Bishop told the Holton City...
Columbus Day will be observed on Monday as an official federal holiday, and government offices, including the post office, and banks, will be closed.
The Holton Recorder office will be open Monday with regular business hours.
Due to the holiday, the postal delivery of the Monday edition of The...
Anyone walking into Kay Smith’s early childhood special education class at Jackson Heights Elementary School for the first time might be greeted by a growl from one member of the class — at least until that member sniffs the new person out, much to the delight of everyone else in the class.
That...
A group of Holton High School alumni is asking fellow Wildcat graduates to honor a three-time HHS teacher, coach and guidance counselor who helped shape their lives by making financial contributions to the Holton High School Alumni Association’s scholarship fund.
When Lyle Welch, who had served...
Two motorists, including a Holton man, died on Jackson County roads over this past weekend, according to reports from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
First, Phyllis S. Martin, 59, of Berryton, was killed in a two-vehicle traffic accident occuring at 8:05 a.m....
The Second Judicial District Nominating Commission has announced that it is seeking candidates to fill the vacancy on the bench left by the recent death of Jackson County District Court Judge Micheal A. Ireland, it was reported.
Judge candidates have until noon Wednesday, Oct. 14 to submit...
A “Silver Alert” has been issued for a rural Mayetta resident who has reportedly been missing since Friday, Sept. 25, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said.
Joan M. Rebar, 70, a resident of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation, was reportedly last seen in the Meriden area that day, Morse said...
Father Merianand Mendem, a native of India, is settling in as the new pastor of Jackson County’s Catholic churches – St. Dominic in Holton, St. Francis Xavier in Mayetta and Our Lady of the Snows on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation.
Although he’s been serving Jackson County Catholic...
When Tiffany Kuglin of Holton, shown above, is not managing the Lifecare Fitness Center, she puts her competitive spirit to work on the Northeast Kansas Stock Garden Tractor Pullers' circuit. At the Whiting Fire Festival competition last weekend, Kuglin and her machine, owned by Charles Call of...
