While the City of Holton’s property tax levy for its 2024 budget will drop by more than four mills, the city will collect $55,856 more in local taxes for the year, the Holton City Commission learned on Monday.
The city’s new assessed valuation has been set at $27,931,587, which is up $2,853,886...
This year’s Pride of Hoyt Days activities, set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18-20 in Hoyt City Park, will feature several of the annual event’s familiar activities, such as a parade, games and craft and food vendors, it has been reported.
But this year’s event will also feature the “Hoyt...
The Jackson County Clerk’s Office mailed 10,894 revenue neutral tax rate notices to county property owners last week, according to Jackson County Clerk Kristie Richter.
These notices are not a bill but a notice of each government entities’ intent (or non-intent) to exceed the revenue neutral rate...
Reservations for camping spots at Banner Creek Reservoir are now being taken through Campspot, an online reservation system.
Kurt Zibell, Banner Creek Reservoir director, said the new online system launched in early July to help streamline the reservation process at the lake, located west of Holton...
Seventeen years ago, Horton-based Hammersmith Manufacturing expanded into Holton to take over the recently-vacated Alamo Group facility at 10th Street and Vermont Avenue, more than doubling the available space for the company’s production lines of heavy-duty construction equipment.
Today, the...
An early Monday structure fire at a residence east of Circleville was apparently caused by a lightning strike and rendered the residence a total loss, it has been reported.
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse and Holton Fire Chief Scott Baum both reported that firefighters from area departments and...
Jackson County officials are asking residents to keep an eye out for teasel, an invasive plant that can get out of control quickly.
“Teasel is a very invasive plant that will take over your fields and roadsides,” said Scott Kieffaber, public works director. “If you happen to see it in Jackson...
It’s a warm Saturday morning in the southwest Jackson County community of Delia, where a UTV is busy dragging the ball field near the former Delia school for weeds and the occasional train whistle punctuates the quiet.
It’s also a good day to install a steel sculpture on the south outer wall of the...
On Friday, Aug. 4, owners of classic cars and trucks are invited to head over to Holton’s Town Square for a cruise and a free barbecued pork sandwich dinner.
It’s the annual “Cruise Night” and GNBank annual community appreciation dinner, with cruisers invited to show up on the Square starting at 5...
For many Jackson County parents, finding affordable and reliable daycare options for their younger children is no easy task — a matter that’s prompted a group of county residents to form the Jackson County Early Childhood Development Task Force.
The volunteer group that formed in late February, now...