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It’s been almost 25 years since Holton’s volunteer fire department welcomed a new fire engine with a high aerial ladder for fighting fires from above.
But shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, a brand-new fire engine with a 109-foot aerial ladder — 44 feet longer than the aerial ladder on the fire...
For Julee Ware, reuniting with Jim Lovvorn and Clara Ann Lovvorn of Holton, who helped her more than 50 years ago, is a “dream come true.”
Ware of Austin, Texas, put a call out in a recent edition of The Holton Recorder looking for “Jed and Clara,” who allowed her and her then-boyfriend to spend...
Jackson Heights High School teacher Sarah Cormier is the recipient of a Kansas Horizon Award from the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), it has been reported.
Cormier teaches English language arts at the high school, as well as drama and forensics. She is one of 32 educators in the state...
Before the snow from last week’s winter storm could really get started melting, Old Man Winter caught a second wind — literally — and made northeastern Kansas unbearably cold over the past weekend with wind chills of up to 35 degrees below zero.
But just as Jackson County is emerging from a five-...
Winter weather moved into the Jackson County area early this week, bringing a snowstorm that dropped five to seven inches of snow, caused school and service cancellations, postponed events and made travel treacherous for motorists in the area.
But it looks like the winter weather’s not over yet, as...
The 76th annual meeting of the Jackson County Conservation District will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the First United Methodist Church in Holton, 1401 W. Fourth St., it has been reported.
Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. with the program set to begin at 7 p.m. Musical entertainment will...
Brandi (Brenner) Fritz remembers being a part of the pep club during her days as a Jackson Heights High School student — on Friday nights, regardless of the sport or where it was played, she said, the pep club was “the place to be.”
“Everyone cheered in it,” said Fritz, a 1996 JHHS alumna who now...
Royal Valley High School seniors Jackson King (at left) and Alyssa Schuetz (at right) were named king and queen of winter sports last Friday night during halftime of the boys varsity basketball game versus Hiawatha.
Construction work on the new two-story addition at Royal Valley High School has been completed just in time for the second semester, which began Wednesday, Jan. 3.
The yearlong construction project to add new classrooms for band/choir, art, agriculture and audio/visual students was given the final...
Tickets are now on sale for the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame dinner on Saturday, Feb. 3 — and for the first time, tickets for the dinner may be purchased online at the Chamber’s Web site.
That’s according to Chamber executive director Ashlee York, who noted that in...
