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A total of 46 military veterans, representing various branches and armed conflicts, will be joined by 46 student guardians from Jackson Heights and Holton high schools this Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, as they travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the schools’ first joint Jackson...
4-Hers, start your engines…
Preparations are under way for the 99th-annual Jackson County Fair, the bulk of which will be held from Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18 at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex south of Holton with a wide variety of 4-H and open class exhibits, a carnival, a...
Facility improvements and needs at Royal Valley were discussed during a special community meeting at the high school last Wednesday evening.
A variety of concerns were addressed during the meeting, which was facilitated by representatives from HTK Architects of Topeka, that included larger parking...
Stacey Smith was researching the history of Hoyt while gearing up for the opening of a new bar and grill in Hoyt — and the name of that bar and grill just came to her “out of the blue.”
“I discovered that the town was founded by haymakers and cattlemen,” Smith said. “The name just stuck out to me....
Members of the Jackson County Community Band are gearing up for their 11th season, which will include three outdoor concerts, it was reported.
Jayme Malsom, Holton band director, and Sean Moore, Jackson Height band director, will lead this year’s band, which is comprised of area community members...
In the 50 years since he’s graduated from Holton High School, Tom Bell has become one of the most passionate advocates for better health care in Kansas, spending 15 years as the president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Hospital Association, an organization he was involved with for more...
Utility vehicles, golf carts and other low-speed vehicles are now allowed at Banner Creek Reservoir with a $50 permit, it has been reported.
During Monday’s Jackson County Commission meeting, a policy that allows work-site utility vehicles, micro utility trucks, low-speed vehicles and golf carts on...
The heads of Holton’s city infrastructure departments presented their fiscal year 2025 budget requests to the Holton City Commission on Monday, most noting that their requests weren’t too different from what they sought for this year while some added that “big-ticket items” may be on their want...
The new hourly fee to use the Jackson County Courthouse grounds and facilities, such as the bathrooms or meeting room, for special events has been waived for non-profit organizations and school districts.
The $40 per hour fee (per custodian), which was approved earlier this year, was recently...
The transfer of about 90 square miles of land from Prairie Hills USD 113 to Jackson Heights USD 335 is expected to receive the Kansas State Board of Education’s final approval this week, bringing to a close more than a year of negotiations resulting from the Prairie Hills school board’s decision in...
