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Jackson Heights food service director Carrie Harris (at left) and cook Liz Rostetter (at right) recently led an effort to bake 200 pies as a fund-raiser for the Honor Flight program at JHHS. The apple and pumpkin pies, made from scratch, netted $4,000 for the school’s June 2024 Honor Flight. (Submitted photo)
At Jackson Heights High School, food service director Carrie Harris and cook Liz Rostetter can be found making school breakfasts and lunches for hungry Cobras from day to day. But Harris and Rostetter have also added the task of making pies and cinnamon rolls as fund-raising items for Jackson...
In the past, the Holton City Commission has discussed what it would take to connect the concrete fitness trail at Countryside Park with the fitness trail at Banner Creek Reservoir. At the commission’s regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 20, former city commissioner and current Jackson County...
Deb Watkins (shown above) recently opened Anne’s Attic at 319 Pennsylvania Ave. in Holton, and she sells a variety of antiques, collectibles, vintage furniture and home decor. Watkins is also selling vintage Christmas decor during the holidays.
Deb Watkins has opened Anne’s Attic in Holton, offering antiques, collectibles and vintage furniture. “I’m excited to be a part of the growing downtown community,” said Watkins, who was born and raised in Holton.  Located just off the southeast side of the Square at 319 Pennsylvania Ave., Anne’s...
The fourth annual Family Christmas Store event will be held next Friday and Saturday at The Courtyard event center on the east side of the Holton Square. Tell your friends and neighbors! “Our goal is to help those who need some assistance during the holidays and don’t have the extra funds for gifts...
Drive down Fourth Street in the morning before school, and chances are you’ll see Dave Snyder’s smiling face and friendly wave as you approach the crosswalk at Colorado Avenue, where he’s been helping kids cross the street and get to Holton Elementary School safely for several years. “A smile and a...
Letters to Santa Claus from area children are now being accepted for publication in The Holton Recorder.  The letters will be printed in our special Christmas greetings section that will be published prior to Christmas. The letters are due at The Holton Recorder office by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8....
Food donations are still needed for this year’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner, according to dinner organizer Janice Schweigen. “I’ve only had one phone call about donations in the last week,” said Schweigen of items needed for the 38th-annual dinner, to be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov...
Holton High School FFA chapter members ranked high at the national FFA convention this past weekend. Chapter members (from left) Lora Larison, Jace Huyett, Madeline Bontrager and Jacob Huyett were members of the HHS environmental and natural resources CDE team that took third place in the nation. (Submitted photo)
FFA students from all three Jackson County high schools were honored during the 96th National FFA Convention and Expo this past weekend, including five Holton High School students who ranked high among their peers in their respective fields of expertise and two schools whose chapters were named, as...

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