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Two Holton residents have been arrested after a search warrant was issued at an alleged “illegal drug distribution house” near a Holton school, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant just after 7 p.m. Tuesday night at 907...
Holton Community Hospital’s plans to build a new health clinic in Hoyt received a boost from the Holton City Commission on Monday.
During the commission’s first meeting of 2015, commissioners approved a resolution authorizing the City of Holton to issue approximately $3.6 million in health care...
Royal Valley High School students received a late Christmas present this week as each student was issued a Chromebook laptop as part of a new one-to-one technology initiative at the school.
“We’ve been dreaming about this for many years, and it’s exciting that our students will have the same...
The 2015 Kansas Legislature is set to convene at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12.
The Legislature consists of a 125-member House of Representatives and a 40-member Senate. Representatives are elected for a two-year term, and senators are elected for a four-year term.
Locally, Republican Becky Hutchins...
In previous years, the Holton City Commission had given $10,000 to the Holton Main Street program to fulfill the city’s commitment to the program and help keep it going after it lost support from the Kansas Department of Commerce.
Now that Holton Main Street is no more, commissioners have recently...
A former chairman of the Kickapoo Tribal Council has been removed from the council by vote over allegations of financial misconduct, tribal officials announced on Monday.
Clifford “Steve” Cadue, who has served as Kickapoo tribal chairman “many times during the past 30 years,” was voted off the...
Tickets for the 10th annual Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame Banquet are on sale now, it has been reported.
The 2015 Hall of Fame class, including Bill and Debra Brown, Mike Ford, Brad Stauffer and the late Jim Potter, will be honored at the annual dinner, scheduled for...
A district court panel has ruled that Kansas isn’t spending enough money on its public schools to provide a suitable education for every child.
The ruling was made last Tuesday by a three-member judicial panel of the Shawnee County District Court. The panel didn’t set a specific figure for what is...
A number of hot topics made their way to The Holton Recorder’s front pages in the last third of the year. Some of those are featured below.
September
The proposed 2015 county budget has been approved and includes a.795-mill increase to 73.664 mills for 2015. Included in the proposed budget is a...
