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Six of the 32 senior housing units currently under construction as part of the Prairie View Senior Residences complex at the south end of Holton are expected to be ready for occupancy by the end of October, according to Homestead Affordable Housing president and CEO Tom Bishop.
That means anyone...
On Monday, Sept. 7, is the Labor Day holiday, marking the unofficial end of summer. Schools, local government and financial institutions and some businesses will be closed for the holiday.
The Holton Recorder office will also be closed Monday, and the Sept. 7 edition of the newspaper will be...
The Northeast Kansas (NEK) Multi-County Health Department has been recognized by the state as a positive example of how counties can work together to deliver public health services effectively and efficiently, it has been reported.
The NEK Multi-County Health Department, which is a collaboration...
For the second time this year, Holton water customers have been notified that in spite of a recent violation of a drinking water standard, there is no cause for alarm.
Water customers recently received written notification that results of testing for drinking water contaminants in Holton’s water...
Banner Creek Reservoir will benefit from a $40,000 grant from Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to purchase several new docks at the lake.
John Kennedy, Banner Creek Reservoir director, informed the Jackson County Commissioners Monday that the county has received the state department...
Work has been completed on the new sign on the southwest corner of the Jackson County Courtyard that includes the word “Holton” with “Jackson County” underneath.
The project was a joint effort between the Jackson County Commission and Holton Main Street, which disbanded at the end of 2014.
The...
When Holton native Jim Seeley takes the stage for the fourth-annual Jazz and Blues on the Square event on Saturday, Sept. 12, he’ll be joined by acclaimed saxophonist Ivan Renta, it has been reported.
Like Seeley, Renta is a member of the Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, which has a...
Jackson County District Court will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in order for employees to attend funeral services for Judge Mike Ireland, it was reported.
Jackson County District Court Judge Micheal Ireland was remembered as a “very efficient” judge and an exemplary human being following his death Saturday evening at a Topeka hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning at the Jackson County Courthouse.
“He brought an...
The Jackson County Commissioners are proposing the same mill levy for the county’s 2016 budget, however, more taxes will be collected since the county’s assessed valuation has increased from last year.
The county commission is proposing a 73.764 mill levy for the next fiscal year, which is the...
