News
The life and work of a longtime Holton educator whose efforts to bring the stars closer to Holton and Jackson County will be celebrated at a Saturday, Oct. 26 dedication ceremony at the Banner Creek Science Center and Ford Observatory, it has been reported.
The observatory has been renamed for the...
Growing up in southwestern Jackson County, Cindy Brees was brought up in the family 4-H tradition.
“I come from generations of 4-H,” Cindy said. “My dad was in 4-H, and it was just kind of a family given that me and my brother and two sisters were all going to be in 4-H.”
Her husband, David, might...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Oct. 25:
1. Leavenworth at Holton
2. Oskaloosa at Royal Valley
3. Jackson Heights at JCN
4. Nemaha Central at ACCHS
5. Oklahoma State at Baylor
6. Missouri at Alabama
7. Notre Dame at Navy...
Grant funds for two projects in Holton — construction of the proposed Beck Bookman Library addition and the purchase of a tie transformer for the city’s power production plant — were part of the Holton City Commission’s agenda on Monday night.
During the commission’s regular meeting,...
Local business owners expressed their opposition to increasing the county’s current sales tax rate during a special Jackson County Commission meeting last week.
At the revenue neutral rate hearing for the county budget in August, some taxpayers asked about the possibility of increasing the sales...
A Topeka woman was killed and two other Topeka residents injured in a two-vehicle accident that occurred Saturday afternoon, Oct. 5 on U.S. Highway 75 about three miles south of Holton, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol accident report.
Dianna F. Slavens, 77, was pronounced dead at the scene of...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Oct. 18:
1. Holton at Hiawatha
2. Royal Valley at Nemaha Central
3. Valley Falls at Jackson Heights
4. Jefferson West at ACCHS
5. KSU at West Virginia
6. Houston at KU
7. Oregon at Purdue...
In the photo above, Holton High School seniors Noah Bartel (at left) and Emily Horr (at right) were named homecoming king and queen prior to the Wildcats' home varsity football game against Perry-Lecompton.
Members of the Holton High School Class of 1963 honored three of their recently deceased classmates last week during a special tree-planting ceremony at Countryside Park in Holton.
Three trees were planted on the southwest corner of the park along the walking trail sidewalk in memory of Cheryl...
