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One edition to be published this week and next

The Holton Recorder will publish one edition of the newspaper instead of two this week and next, it has been announced. The Christmas week edition was published on Monday, Dec. 22. The New Year’s week edition will be published on Monday, Dec. 29. The Recorder office will be closed on Christmas Eve...

Candidates begin filing for spring election

Jackson County residents seeking election to area school boards and city councils this spring have until noon on Tuesday, Jan. 27, to file. Positions one, two, three and seven on Jackson Heights, Holton and Royal Valley school boards will be included on the April 7 ballot. Incumbents Shelby Patch (...

Gunnery Sgt. Max Coons (left) of the U.S. Marine Corps and Jack Pittaway of the Holton VFW Riders stuffed red bags full of toys and other “stocking stuffers” at the Holton National Guard Armory on Tuesday morning in preparation for distribution through the Toys for Tots program. This is the first year that the program, involving the collection and distribution of new toys to children in need during the Christmas season, has been done in Holton, Pittaway said, but the first time has been a huge success.

Toys for Toys to help 63 local families

Jack Pittaway of the Holton VFW Post 1367 Riders spent Tuesday morning at the Holton National Guard Armory with some of his fellow veterans putting toys into a big red bag — just like kids imagine Santa Claus would do the night before Christmas. These toys — cars, teddy bears, dolls, sports...

Proposals sought for industrial park roads

Whether streets in Holton’s industrial park should be rebuilt with asphalt or concrete should be left to the engineering firm chosen by the city to handle the street reconstruction project, Holton Street Superintendent Rex Cameron told the Holton City Commission on Monday. The commission agreed to...

First half of property taxes due soon

The first half of the 2014 Real Estate and Personal Property taxes must be paid or postmarked by Saturday, Dec. 20, it has been announced. Taxes may also be paid online at the Web site www.kansas.gov/propertytax. The second half of the taxes is due May 10, 2015. If a taxpayer misses the Dec. 20...

Recorder to publish one edition each week during holidays

The Holton Recorder will publish one edition of the newspaper instead of two for the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holiday weeks, it has been announced. The Christmas week edition will be published on Monday, Dec. 22. The New Year’s week edition will be published on Monday, Dec. 29. The...

Santa, played by Mikey Wamego, helped usher in "A Relaxing Christmas," with help from his elves and reindeer. Third and fourth grade students at Royal Valley held their winter program last week that featured a holiday parade, hip hop turkeys and the rules for Christmas.

RVES winter program

Police suspect alcohol poisoning in hotel death

Alcohol poisoning is being suspected as the cause of death for a Valley Falls man who was discovered Thursday morning in a hotel room in Holton, according to Patrol Sgt. Steve Frederick of the Holton Police Department. Sam Barrow, 43, was found dead by police in a room at the Super 8 Motel in...

A Holton High School student participates in the recent "Hour of Code" event at the school.

Holton, RV students participate in "Hour of Code"

Students at Holton and Royal Valley schools participated in a worldwide initiative last week that introduced them to computer science and taught them the basics of coding websites. More than 74 million students participated in an “Hour of Code” last week at code.org, writing 4,018,788,352 lines of...

Seematter enters no contest plea; sentencing scheduled for Jan. 23

A Wetmore resident charged with exposing himself to two minor children in Hoyt in September pleaded no contest to charges against him and may likely receive probation, it was noted on Friday in Jackson County District Court. Jason A. Seematter, 24, charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious...