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The Jackson County 4-H Fair parade has been scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, which is half an hour earlier than previous years.
The reason for the time change is to allow 4-H members more time to head to the new fairgrounds after the parade for the start of the talent show and then...
With the construction of the new Holton sign under way on the southwest corner of the Jackson County Courtyard, the county commissioners are considering adding one more detail to the sign – the words “Jackson County.”
All three commissioners – Janet Zwonitzer, Bill Elmer and Rob Ladner – agreed...
Ask a lot of people where Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, is located, and they might shrug and say they’re not sure how you’d get to either the city or the country.
But there’s a group of 10 Jackson Heights High School students who can tell you where both are — they visited the South...
Six people from Nebraska and Iowa were sent to a Topeka hospital for treatment after being injured in a two-minivan crash Saturday evening south of Holton, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said.
The accident, which occurred at about 6:45 p.m. that evening at the intersection of U.S. Highway 75...
Burn permit holders in Jackson County will be required to obtain a new permit before the end of the year, according to a resolution approved by the Jackson County Commissioners Monday.
The new permits will now expire every two years, and the fines for burning without a permit, or during a time...
Should random drug testing be implemented at Royal Valley to deter illegal drug use among students?
That’s the question school board members and Superintendent John Rundle hope to discuss among administrators, staff, students, site councils and community members this year as they determine whether...
Wyatt Asbury drove a horse-drawn cart led by "Mr. Pat" in the Soldier Fair parade on Saturday to promote 4-H with his family.
Any way you slice it, the start of a new school year is a transitional time and that was certainly reflected in the Holton school board’s first meeting of 2015-2016 held on Monday.
Three new board members (Rex Frazier, Orin Marshall and Carl Matousek) took their seats and the topics addressed by...
Getting younger people more interested and involved in the performing arts is the focus of a youth theater workshop being presented this week through the combined efforts of Beck-Bookman Library, Holton Community Theatre and the Northeast Kansas Library System.
“Some kids like to perform at school...
Note: This is the 18th story in a series about doctors in our community.
Jeffrey Warner, 37, is a doctor of chiropractic and has owned Glacial Hills Chiropractic in Holton for six years. He currently works full-time as the only chiropractor on the medical staff of the Veterans Administration in...
