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The Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame Class of 2024 has been announced.
This year’s honorees include:
• Mike Reichle, Holton’s Parks and Recreation Department director.
• Suzette McCord-Rogers, a champion of the arts and tourism in Jackson County.
• Dave Snyder, a volunteer who...
The true story of female astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and the challenges she overcame in the early 1900s is being told in Holton Community Theatre’s fall production of “Silent Sky.”
“She was one of the first women astronomers, and she was the first to realize that you can measure how far or close a...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Oct. 13.
1. Aeschliman Construction: Holton at Hayden
2. Denison State Bank: Royal Valley at Jefferson West
3. Beverley Brown Boutique: ACCHS at Jackson Heights
4. Bergsten Insurance: Georgia at...
Full-time Jackson County employees will receive a $1 an hour cost of living raise plus an additional 15 percent increase, both effective Jan. 1, it has been reported.
During a recent Jackson County Commission meeting, the commissioners approved a motion to give all full-time employees an additional...
The 30th annual Mayetta Pioneer Days will be held next Saturday, Oct. 7, and this year’s event will include some new family fun activities.
“It sure doesn’t seem like 30 years,” said Judy Darnell, who revived the event in 1993 with her husband, Eldon. “This will be a fun day for all ages Bring your...
When new homes are built inside Holton’s city limits, the owners of those homes can easily get a connection to the city’s water, sewer and electric utilities by contacting Holton City Hall.
But if new homes are built outside the city limits, they may still be able to access city water and sewer...
The Jackson County Commissioners are working to spread the word about the loss of state tax funds that should be going to counties and cities throughout the state to help lower property taxes.
Since 2004, all counties and cities in the state have stopped receiving a portion of sales tax dollars...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Oct. 6.
1. Aeschliman Construction: Rossville at Holton
2. Denison State Bank: Troy at Jackson Heights
3. Beverley Brown Boutique: Hayden at Royal Valley
4. Bergsten Insurance: Maur Hill at ACCHS...
Food trucks have been an ongoing topic for the Holton City Commission in recent months — specifically, whether food vendors visiting Holton should be required to pay license fees for selling their wares.
On Monday, commissioners voted to work a licensing fee schedule for food trucks into the city’s...
The Holton community is mourning the loss of a longtime educator who brought the stars closer to Jackson County.
Mike Ford, 69, who taught in the Holton school district for 22 years and was instrumental in the creation of the Banner Creek Science Center and Observatory west of Holton, died last...
