On a rainy Wednesday afternoon in August of 1993, kids from all over Jackson County took part in the beginning of a new Jackson County Fair tradition, doing their best to pedal weighted-down toy tractors in the first Jackson County Farm Bureau Kiddie Pedal Pull.
Jarrod Bowser was one of the winners...
Teachers in the Royal Valley district will receive a 6.5 percent salary increase, on average, in pay as part of new salary negotiations approved Monday night during the Royal Valley Board of Education meeting.
The board approved the ratified negotiated teacher agreement, which includes a starting...
The concept of S.T.E.A.M. is building up steam in its first year of being offered at Banner Creek Science Center and Observatory, according to Cari Andrews, science activities director at the science center.
“It is a lot of fun. It is a lot of work, but it is fun,” said Andrews, assisted on Tuesday...
A new motor grader and a high-pressure water machine that will be used to clean road tubes more efficiently were recently purchased for the Jackson County Road and Bridge Department following action taken at recent county commission meetings.
Bids for a new motor grader were submitted to the...
For the third year, Holton area businesses are pooling their resources to cover admission fees for the first 50 swimmers to visit Holton’s municipal swimming pool on any day of the week during the month of July, it has been reported.
So far, nine Holton businesses have each volunteered to cover the...
Banner Creek Reservoir will be the place to be on Saturday, July 1, when the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will hold its 16th-annual July Jubilee event, it has been reported.
Chamber director Ashlee York said this year’s event will feature plenty of Fourth of July-themed fun, including...
Not all dairy producers work with cattle, as the Jeff and Yvonne Terry family of rural Holton can attest.
The Terrys and their children, 14-year-old Tucker and nine-year-old Carly, work with Nubian dairy goats to produce milk that can be used to make cheese, yogurt, ice cream and other dairy...
The assessed valuation of real estate and personal property in Jackson County jumped 6.6 percent this past year, according to recent figures provided by the Jackson County Clerk’s Office.
Overall, the county’s assessed valuation increased by $9.4 million, which is the largest one-year increase in...
A Mayetta man has been charged with arson and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer after allegedly setting a shed on fire Monday morning, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse reported.
About 11:30 a.m. that day, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting that a shed...
Jackson Heights USD 335 and Prairie Hills USD 113 remain at an impasse on the transfer of land from the latter district to the former as students from the recently-closed Wetmore Attendance Center prepare to begin their first year as Cobras this fall.
During the USD 335 Board of Education’s regular...