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The “Silver Alert” for a rural Mayetta woman reportedly missing since Saturday, Sept. 26, remains in effect, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said Tuesday.
Joan M. Rebar, 70, a resident of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation, was reportedly last seen in the Meriden area that day, Morse said. A...
Dianna Wilson, Dorothy and the late Joe Rogers, Jan and the late Harold Hodge and Paula Birkbeck Taylor have been named the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce's Hall of Fame inductees for 2016, it was announced today.
They will be honored during an induction ceremony and banquet to be held...
A Netawaka man charged with picking up a package reportedly containing four pounds of marijuana at the Whiting post office in May has retained the service of a new defense attorney, resulting in postponement of a jury trial on drug charges against him, possibly to sometime next spring, it was...
It took a bit of time to work out the kinks, but the Netawaka Fitness Center is now hitting its stride, and membership is growing at a smooth pace, it has been reported.
With so many things to do after the 30,000-square foot, state of the art facility was opened, the staff never got around to...
Although rains received this spring in Jackson County have pulled the area out of an ongoing drought, they have also had a varying effect on the county’s fall crops, with corn not doing as well as last year’s record crop and soybeans just starting to come in.
Both Dennis Holliday, agronomy...
A special groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday morning for the new Family Practice Associates clinic being constructed in Hoyt.
Representatives from Holton Community Hospital, Family Practice Associates, Chance Construction, the city of Hoyt and the HCH board of directors were present to break...
For many families involved in 4-H, it’s a natural progression to want to pass the benefits received from that involvement onto future generations.
Kelly Kennedy of rural Soldier grew up in 4-H, and he and his wife Kim decided that when they had children of their own, they would grow up in 4-H....
Holton’s Nazarene church has changed names and leadership recently.
Kevin Kneisley has been serving as the pastor of New Life Church of the Nazarene in Holton for several months and will be officially installed as pastor on Sunday, Nov. 1.
“I prayed about taking over the church, and I believe...
Holton Police Chief Gale Gakle recently welcomed a donation from a retired Jackson County Corrections officer from Holton for the purchase of three “body cameras” to be worn by on-duty police officers.
“It’s an item that will be very beneficial to us. It will bring out the truth, whatever that...
The trial of a Netawaka man charged with picking up a package reportedly containing four pounds of marijuana at the Whiting post office in May is scheduled to begin Tuesday, but the defendant told a judge in Jackson County District Court on Friday that he is still attempting to hire new legal...
