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The Valentine’s Day performance of “Check, Please” by the Holton Community Theatre was sold out and was the second production staged by the theatre group. “Check, Please” was a one-act comedy that centered around a series of blind dates. In the photo above, the character played by Jordan Callison (...
A change is brewing in Holton’s zoning regulations for commercial areas just off Holton’s Town Square.
On Monday, the Holton Planning Commission approved a recommendation to add “microbreweries” to the city’s list of allowed uses under C-2 (commercial) zoning, which applies to businesses located...
Note: This is the fourth story in a series about doctors in our community.
Dr. David Allen is a family practice physician with Community HealthCare System of Onaga, which operates the Holton Medical Center.
Dr. Allen, 43, is a Jackson County native who grew up in Circleville and now lives in the...
Holton’s codes list three different classifications of residential subdivision, according to the city’s subdivision regulations as provided by Assistant City Manager Kerwin McKee. A copy of the regulations may also be obtained at Holton City Hall.
According to the regulations, Class A applies to...
The Holton City Commissioners were asked recently to modify the city's subdivision zoning regulations to allow for more flexibility and growth in the city.
While the city continues to look at its current regulations, here are the requirements for new subdivisions in the unincorporated areas of the...
Nine Jackson County wrestlers are making their final preparations before heading to Salina for the 4A state wrestling tournament this coming weekend.
Representing Royal Valley will be junior Noah Hart (145 lbs.) and sophomore Jacob Box (182 lbs.), while Holton will have seven wrestlers competing at...
Retired Holton teacher Orin Marshall is seeking election to position two on the Holton USD 336 Board of Education in the April election.
Marshall is running unopposed. Denise Sweet currently holds the position on the board and is not seeking re-election.
“I’d like to be considered for the board...
School lunches at Holton High School have changed a lot in the past 60 years - a fact Sen. Pat Roberts can personally attest to after dining with students at the cafeteria Thursday.
“We didn’t have the mandates telling us what we could and could not eat,” Roberts told members of the HHS Student...
Attracting residential growth to Holton could be an easier task for Holton city officials with a few slight modifications to the city’s subdivision and zoning regulations, Holton City Attorney Dennis White told the Holton City Commission.
During the commission’s meeting on Tuesday — held a day...
About 31 percent of the county’s annual budget to purchase gravel for county roads has already been spent in six weeks.
The budget for rocking county roads is depleting quickly this year, and Jackson County Commissioners and road and bridge administrators are hoping to find a better solution for...
