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A Memorial Day tradition in Jackson County — a joint tour of Jackson County’s cemeteries by two veterans’ organizations in Holton — is being cut back this year due to declining membership in both groups, according to Pat Fontaine, commanding officer of Mary L. Bair American Legion Post 44 in Holton...
The boat ramps at Banner Creek Reservoir are being extended 20 feet due to low water levels, it has been reported.
During the Jackson County Commission meeting on Monday, Kurt Zibell, Banner Creek Reservoir director, presented a bid of $16,500 from Aller’s LLC of Hiawatha to complete the work and a...
Brandy Stephenson of Holton recently fulfilled a lifelong dream when she appeared as a contestant on “Wheel Of Fortune.”
Stephenson, 38, was a contestant on the show in February, and the episode that includes her will air at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19 on WIBW-TV, channel 13 in Topeka.
A 2004...
Concerns over a growing number of kindergarten students expected in the Jackson Heights school district for the 2024-25 school year, as well as a State of Kansas-mandated policy for accepting out-of-district students, had members of the Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education briefly talking...
Concerns over a growing number of kindergarten students expected in the Jackson Heights school district for the 2024-25 school year, as well as a State of Kansas-mandated policy for accepting out-of-district students, had members of the Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education briefly talking...
Six-year-old Charlie Robertson (at right) of Holton checked out her haul of Easter eggs, with some help from her mother, Regina Robertson, during the recent hunt hosted by the Jackson County 4-H Ambassadors at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex.
The Jackson County Historical and Genealogical Society invites the public to join in celebrating its 45th anniversary with a special dinner and a presentation on the life of a colorful Kansan.
Historian Deb Goodrich will present “A Rake, A Rambler And A Jayhawker: Capt. Jack Curtis, Father Of Vice...
It’s been more than two decades since the City of Holton last updated its comprehensive land use plan, and Holton City Manager Teresa Riley believes it’s past time for an update.
On Monday, the Holton City Commission authorized Riley to solicit proposals for an update of the city’s comprehensive...
For about 12 years, the lowest pool level recorded at Banner Creek Reservoir was 63 inches — five feet, three inches — below normal.
That record was broken in mid-March, when the reservoir saw its level drop to 64 inches below normal, and drizzly rain received in recent days isn’t expected to help...
On Monday, April 8, the second solar eclipse in a year will cross North America — a total solar eclipse much like the one that was experienced in this area back in August of 2017, it has been reported.
Jackson County residents who still have their eclipse-viewing glasses stashed away from that...
