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More than 1,000 students enrolled in Jackson County schools receive free or reduced-price meals during the school year. While federal funds are available to provide hot meals for these – and all – students in the summer months, no volunteers or organizations have stepped up to coordinate those...
According to Jackson Heights High School librarian Jessica Karns, studies have shown that once young men get into their middle and high school years, “reading for pleasure just takes a big fat drop-off.”
That’s why Karns has teamed with Beck-Bookman Library in Holton to organize a local “Guys...
The Jackson County Commissioners have accepted some of the bids submitted for the purchase of lands acquired by the county through recent tax sales.
During last week’s commission meeting, the commissioners approve a motion to accept two bids submitted for the purchase of lands in Whiting and...
In Netawaka, the Hornet’s Nest Sports Club opened its doors to the public less than two years ago as the realization of a goal set by Dr. Mike and Julie Keehn and others to provide a wealth of sports and fitness options for residents in northern Jackson County and the surrounding area.
But in...
Twelve-year-old Kenzie Ogden of Hoyt paid a Tuesday afternoon visit to the fireworks stand run by her uncle, Jason Ogden, as a fund-raiser for the Ogden's Outlaws wrestling club, and loaded up on fireworks for an Independence Day celebration. The elder Ogden said business at his fireworks stand in...
You’ve heard of horse whisperers.
Sonja Parry is a sort of honey bee whisperer.
Sonja is a local beekeeper or “beek’’ as she calls her fraternity of friends with the same “Let it Bee’’ hobbies and small businesses.
“No actual bee whispering here,’’ Sonja says. “Although I do try to be quiet and...
More tax will now be collected on all retail purchases in Kansas, as the state’s sales tax rate increases to 6.5 percent today (July 1).
In the face of a $400 million state budget deficit, lawmakers approved increasing the state’s sales tax rate from 6.15 percent to 6.5 percent.
With the statewide...
Northeast Kansans will have two opportunities on Friday to see fireworks shows in Jackson County as displays will be held at Banner Creek Reservoir and at the Hoyt City Park.
The Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring its annual July Jubilee event at the reservoir, just west of...
Jackson Heights High School’s first Honor Flight in more than two years is tentatively scheduled for mid-September, and Heights superintendent Adrianne Walsh is looking for veterans of World War II and the Korean War who would be willing to participate in the trip, which won’t cost those veterans a...
The Jackson County Commissioners have transferred the ownership of an abandoned cemetery on V4 Road in the southern part of the county to the Steward/Muddy Creek Cemetery District.
Cemetery district members Robert Martin, C.M. Lovendahl, Kerril Bauerly and volunteer Delbert Zachariasen met with...
