Holton Community Theatre recently presented “Annie Get Your Gun” at the theatre. In the photo above, cast members (from left) Kole McAlexander, Brian Penrod, Chris Heineken, Casey Patterson and Aaron Cook are shown performing “My Defenses Are Down.”
For Holton City Commissioner Marilyn Watkins, an ongoing concern voiced at previous commission meetings is a lack of available daycare spaces in Holton for parents seeking care for their young children while they’re at work.
At the commission’s Monday, July 15 meeting, Watkins said she “got two...
The Jackson County Commissioners are proposing a small increase to the mill rate for the 2025 budget to provide a four percent salary increase for all county employees, it was reported.
The commissioners approved a motion to publish a proposed county budget for next year funded by 72.5 mills, which...
In the mid-1980s, Dennis Ashcraft, fresh out of Cloud County Community College where he majored in agricultural science, had come back to his native Holton to start a career — but what that career would be was yet to be determined.
“I’d graduated from college and I wanted to stay in this area,”...
Advance voting for the Tuesday, Aug. 6, primary election is under way at the Jackson County Clerk’s Office on the second floor of the Courthouse, it has been reported.
Advance voting will be available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each weekday at the clerk’s office through noon on Monday, Aug. 5.
In...
Holton’s municipal government remains in a financially sound position, controlling spending and keeping property taxes down to the point where the city’s budget for next year will likely put the mill levy at the state-mandated “revenue neutral rate,” the Holton City Commission learned on July 15....
Three months ago, Banner Creek Reservoir west of Holton was at the lowest point in its history — 65 inches, or five feet and five inches, below normal pool.
“We broke the record, and that’s a record we never wanted to see broken,” Banner Creek Reservoir manager Kurt Zibell said Tuesday, referencing...
A total of 64 miles of county roads have been rocked, so far, this year, as well as an additional 43 miles that have been repaired or patched, according to information provided at a recent Jackson County Commission meeting.
Linda Jackson, road supervisor, presented a mid-year report for the...
Plans to move the weight room at Jackson Heights High School to a new building were discussed further at the Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education meeting on Monday evening, but no consensus was reached on how to pay for its construction, whether it involves using existing district funds or...