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An update on the proposed federal legislation that would reimburse Jackson County for lost property tax revenues due to land placed in USA Trust was shared during a recent county commission meeting.
The commissioners spoke on the phone with Rob Hartwell of Hartwell Capitol Consulting just before...
Holton Community Hospital and Stormont Vail Health are pleased to announce the launch of a new endocrinology outreach clinic on Jan. 25 at the Holton Community Hospital.
Led by Bailey Cole, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), the clinic will provide specialized care to individuals with...
Personal property owners in Kansas are no longer required to file an annual rendition of their property with their county appraiser’s office if no changes have been made in the past year.
Jackson County Appraiser Kate Immenschuh recently sent a letter to all county residents with personal property...
A special retailers’ sales tax to solely benefit Holton Community Hospital operations is moving forward after talks between HCH administrators and the Jackson County Commissioners.
During a recent commission meeting, the commissioners agreed to formally ask Kansas House of Representative Francis...
A data breach in the student information system that serves thousands of schools across the country is affecting families in all three Jackson County school districts to varying degrees, superintendents from the schools reported.
The Dec. 28 data breach at PowerSchool, which many school districts...
The Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education on Monday approved new boundaries for the school district’s five individual board member districts, including a district that represents the Wetmore community.
At the board’s Monday meeting, board members unanimously approved the new board member...
Family members of a Whiting woman told the Texas man convicted of killing her in an April 2023 traffic accident that if their wife and mother could come back and forgive him for her death, she would do so.
“Our mom was the queen of forgiveness,” said Julie Porter, daughter of the late Melinda...
The public is invited to attend an open house for the new event center at Banner Creek Reservoir from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, it has been reported.
A special ribbon-cutting ceremony is being planned for 8 a.m. that morning followed by an open house appreciation breakfast at...
The 77th annual meeting of the Jackson County Conservation District will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the First United Methodist Church in Holton, 1401 W. Fourth St., it has been reported.
Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. with the program set to begin at 7 p.m. Musical entertainment will...
Jackson County District Court’s caseload in 2024 was up by almost 1,000 cases from 2023, according to statistics for the court provided District Court Clerk Amy Entrikin.
Annual court figures provided by Entrikin showed that county court personnel handled a total of 3,201 court cases during the...
