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Northeast Kansans are invited to this year’s Jackson County Barn Tour, which will focus on buffalo, barns and brome located on and near the Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation.
Sponsored by the Jackson County Historical Society, the same tour will be held on both Saturday, Oct. 3, and...
This coming Saturday, Sept. 19, will mark the 20th occurrence of Wetmore’s Spring Creek Festival, an annual event originally designed to keep the fall homecoming tradition at Wetmore High School alive after its football program ended more than a quarter of a century ago.
However, the return of...
Two of these Royal Valley High School seniors shown above will be chosen as homecoming king and queen before the school’s football game against Santa Fe Trail on Friday. Queen candidates are (front row, from left) Kaytlyn Gooderl, Anna Johnson and Macy Putnam. King candidates are (from left) Arrow...
For those who find themselves in a situation where they have to take care of a family member or a friend with Alzheimer’s or another potentially fatal disease, finding the right guidance may not be easy first.
In Jackson County, Zennie McClintock wants to provide that guidance — as well as the...
Gail Schmitz, a part-time employee with Beck-Bookman Library in Holton, added some paperbacks to the stacks of books available to purchase during the library's fall book sale. The sale runs throughout the week and also includes movies, audio books and puzzles.
Holton native and Grammy Award winner Jim Seeley will once again return to Holton this Saturday to headline an evening of jazz, blues and good food and beverage in the fourth-annual Jazz and Blues on the Square event.
The annual event — part of the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce’s...
Jennifer Godfrey and Jennifer Ingels, both of Holton, have stepped up and volunteered to serve as the co-directors of this year’s Jackson County Ministerial Alliance Christmas Bureau.
“We just want people to know that the Christmas Bureau is back on again for this year,” Godfrey said.
Godfrey said...
Members of the Holton City Commission have been hearing positive comments from a few members of the community about the direction the city has been going, but they are now asking for some directions from the public about where the city should go in the future.
During the commission’s meeting on...
A full day of “old-fashioned family fun with kids’ activities and rodeo competition, just like it’s done every day in the ranch profession,” is set for this Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex south of Holton.
The sixth-annual Ranch Rodeo and Old-Fashioned Fun Day, sponsored...
Representatives from Giant Communications were recognized Monday for purchasing “Cattitude” t-shirts for all the students and staff at both elementary schools in Holton. During a special assembly at Colorado Elementary School Monday, Giant representatives (from left) Jan Charles, Chris York and...
