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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...
An unattended death discovered near Mayetta on Wednesday has been identified as Roger Dale Eubanks, 51, of Mayetta, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse. The cause of the death remains under investigation.
Shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, the sheriff’s office conducted a...
Jason Claycamp has been appointed as the new appraiser of Jackson County, following the retirement of part-time appraiser Larry Reynolds.
Claycamp, 34, began serving as the county’s full-time appraiser on Tuesday but has worked in the appraiser’s office since February 2011.
When he was initially...
Following the Kansas Department of Transportation’s rejection of a Topeka firm’s bid for the Banner Road extension project, the City of Holton is back to square one on taking proposals for the project.
The Holton City Commission noted during its Aug. 3 meeting that only one construction company...
