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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.
The Jackson County Commissioners have approved a new one-year contract with Jackson County EMS for ambulance services. The new county contract represents a $65,000 increase over the previous one.
At a special meeting Tuesday, the commissioners signed off on the new contract, which will begin Jan. 1...
On Sunday, Aug. 30, officials from Onaga-based Community HealthCare System will cut the ribbon that opens the doors to the newly-expanded Community Hospital Onaga, a facility that CHCS Director Eric Bjelland says is “really exciting.”
Nearly 60 years after the existing Community Hospital Onaga...
With road reconstruction work getting ready to start at the Holton Industrial Park, there’s no better time than now to use the prospect of new roads in enticing new businesses to put down stakes there, Holton City Commissioner Erich Campbell said Monday.
During the city commission’s regular meeting...
Noxious weed concerns on several properties in Jackson County are being addressed as now is the prime time to spray for these invasive species, according to Dan Robinson, noxious weed director and solid waste manager for Jackson County.
During a recent commission meeting, Robinson outlined the...
Four local youths were injured in a one-vehicle rollover accident in Pottawatomie County late Sunday evening, it has been reported.
According to Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat, at 11:17 p.m. that day, Jacob W. Bryan, 19, of rural Havensville was traveling north on Conestoga Road near Daisy...
The recently-concluded 2015 Jackson County Fair — the 90th such event in the county’s history — marked the first time that all fair events were held at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex, and many involved with the fair said the transition from the old fairgrounds in Holton to the fair’s new...
