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Although “the sky isn’t falling,” as Holton Community Hospital CEO Carrie Lutz told members of the Holton City Commission and Jackson County Commission at their meetings on Monday, the hospital is facing some financial issues with Medicare reimbursement and pandemic-related problems that have...
A proposed moratorium on both commercial wind and commercial solar projects for two years by the county planning commission was struck down by Jackson County Commissioners at their meeting on Monday morning.
Members of the planning commission met last Thursday evening, Sept. 5, to discuss several...
After he graduated from Bern High School in 1974, Ben Bauman wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life.
But as a farm kid growing up in northeastern Kansas, Bauman remembers the family radio always being on at home in the morning, in the kitchen, while he was preparing to go to school — and...
Following a revenue neutral hearing on the new USD 336 budget, and the regular hearing on the new proposed budget, and after reviewing the needs assessment for the district, the Holton school board voted 6-0 to approve the budget. About 14 members of the public attended the budget hearing.
Matt...
The Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education on Monday evening continued to discuss a plan to build a new classroom addition that would link the district’s elementary and high school buildings, but tabled action on setting that plan into motion after some board members expressed concerns that a...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Sept. 20:
1. Holton at Royal Valley
2. Jackson Heights at Horton
3. ACCHS at Valley Falls
4. KSU at BYU
5. KU at West Virginia
6. Marshall at Ohio State
7. Arizona State at Texas Tech
8....
When administrators at Hickman Mills High School in Kansas City, Mo. were looking for someone to coach the first season of girls basketball at the school in the fall of 1975, only one hand went up.
That hand belonged to Jackson County native Clyde Cozad, who went on to lead the team to three state...
Holton Community Hospital and other local healthcare providers are working together over the next few months to update Jackson County’s 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), it has been reported.
Local healthcare leaders are seeking input from community members regarding the healthcare...
This Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 and 15, residents of Delia in southwestern Jackson County invite everyone in the area to join in the celebration of their community at the annual Delia Days event, to be held on the former Delia Grade School grounds.
This year’s event will include a community...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Sept. 13:
1. Holton at Riley County
2. Royal Valley at Jefferson West
3. Maur Hill at Jackson Heights
4. Riverside at ACCHS
5. Arizona at KSU
6. UNLV at KU
7. Oregon at Oregon State
8. Georgia at Kentucky
9...
