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This year’s Jazz on the Square event featuring Holton native and jazz trumpeter Jim Seeley will include a new element – blues.
Hailed as Jazz & Blues On The Square, the fourth annual event has been set for Saturday, Sept. 12, on Holton's Town Square.
In edition to Seeley, Kelley Hunt of...
More than 40 individuals and organizations have been inducted into the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame, and nominations are now being sought for the 11th round of inductees.
Inspiring leadership, longtime business excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, community impact...
Four Head Start Centers in northeast Kansas are set to close, representatives from NEK-CAP, Inc. announced Thursday. A total of 59 students will be affected by the closings.
The Head Start Program at the NEK-CAP facility in Holton will continue to operate, it was reported.
Centers in Sabetha,...
A Holton man died as the result of a late Saturday accident east of Circleville, according to a report from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Tim Morse said Gary M. Swindale, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 11:50 p.m. on 254th Road about...
Members of the Jackson County Fair Association were recognized for their hard work during the dedication of the new fairgrounds. Members include (front row, from left) Deb Dillner, Jerry Nelson, Mickie Schultz, Ben Ehrhart, Brent Nelson, Noel Montgomery, Cara Robinson (4-H program manager), (back...
Contract talks between the county and Jackson County EMS for ambulance services continue.
Brent Teter, co-owner of Jackson County EMS, recently met with the commissioners to discuss the company’s request for additional funds in order to fully staff a second ambulance to serve the county.
In May,...
The need for expansion at Beck-Bookman Library in Holton, both for additional meeting space and more room for its children’s area, has prompted the library’s board of trustees to purchase the house and lot located immediately north of the library, it was reported.
Librarian Candee Jacobs said the...
Next month, the Symetra Tour (the Ladies Professional Golf Association feeder tour) will return to Firekeeper Golf Course just outside of Mayetta for the 2015 Prairie Band Casino and Resort Charity Classic.
Like any event, growth is expected in the second year and that is something tournament...
A Topeka firm’s bid for the extension of Banner Road at the southern edge of Holton into property where a new Walmart is being built was approved on Monday by the Holton City Commission, but not before commissioners questioned why the firm’s bid was the only one received — and whether the Kansas...
More than 60 local, regional and national artists and musicians will be featured here during the Jackson County Art Walk on Saturday, Aug. 8.
Sponsored by Jackson County Arts, the art walk will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at more than 30 designated businesses and locations around the Holton...
