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On Feb. 18, 1944, the love story of two people from Holton seemingly came to a tragic end with the midair crash of two B-24 Liberators over the skies of central Arizona. As a result, two young lovers were ripped apart.
On Thursday, in a manner of speaking, they were brought together again.
The...
Two recent Holton High School graduates have been chosen to serve as Kansas FFA officers for the 2015-16 year, marking the first time in the school’s history that HHS has sent two to serve in state positions, it was reported during last week’s Kansas FFA Convention.
Karl Wilhelm was elected to...
Less than half of the land that lies within the boundaries of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation is owned by the tribe or tribal members, but a new federal land buy-back program is being implemented to help open up more land for productive use.
“We were losing our land, and we had no...
Dee Barrow of Holton has retired after a 42-year career in education. Barrow served as the principal of the county’s Fresh Start program for the past 17 years.
Barrow was born in Holton and graduated from Denison High School in 1969. She went on to Highland Junior College and then transferred to...
Three people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle accident occurred on U.S. Highway 75 between Mayetta and Hoyt on Sunday afternoon.
Shortly after 4 p.m., the Kansas Highway Patrol reports that a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by Ramon Alexander Noriega, 78, Mayetta, entered the highway from...
The rain held off for the annual Glory Days celebration in downtown Holton on Saturday. During the alumni parade, members of the Holton High School Class of 1965, who celebrated their 50th reunion, waved to family and friends as they traveled around the Square on their float. Classmates pictured...
During her years at Holton High School, Doris Hill Winters made it a point to stay active.
Winters served as vice president of the HHS Student Council, was a cheerleader, a member of the massed chorus, the girls’ glee club and the orchestra, and she sold advertising for the school newspaper, The...
Master Sgt. Bernard Lee “Bernie” Deghand of Mayetta, who was killed in action in 2006 while serving with the Kansas National Guard in support of the War on Terror in Afghanistan, will be posthumously honored in September by his fellow members of the 35th Infantry Division with a place in the...
The ninth annual Festival of Roses will be held Saturday, June 6, at Muscotah City Park and activities will include a car, tractor and motorcycle show, a parade, a rose tour, a garden tractor pull and several friendly competitions.
The full day of events will kick off at 8 a.m. with the start of...
Holton water customers were recently notified that in spite of a recent violation of a drinking water contamination standard, there is no cause for alarm.
On May 13, city officials issued a statement saying that results for a public water standard collected during the first quarter of 2015 showed...
