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Holton’s fire department could be in possession of its new “first-out” fire engine as soon as this December, members of the Holton City Commission learned at their Monday, May 15 regular meeting.
Interim City Manager Teresa Riley said the city’s new fire engine — the purchase of which had been...
Jackson County is saving more than $135,000 this year by hiring an outside contractor to complete 10 miles of chip-and-seal projects in the county, it has been reported.
During the Jackson County Commission meeting on Monday, Wade Cormier, road superintendent, presented an analysis of what it would...
The Jackson County Tourism Council’s second annual scavenger hunt, featuring 123 glass orbs this year, begins Saturday, it has been reported.
Crafted by April Lemon of More Than Lemon in Holton, the colored orbs are about the size of an orange and will be hidden in public spaces throughout the...
Joe and Kelsey Tanking of rural Wetmore are relatively new to raising and marketing farm-to-table beef, but whatever they do, they are committed to doing it wholeheartedly.
The Tankings — both 2009 graduates of Holton High School — are the proprietors of Wholehearted Farm L.L.C., which Joe said...
Every year, Holton’s city department heads meet with the Holton City Commission to discuss their budget proposals for the next year as well as hear updates on what those departments may need to run more smoothly in the longer term.
But at Monday’s commission meeting, one of those department heads...
On Tuesday, June 6, Holton voters will be asked to vote at a special election on whether to allow the city to continue to levy a half-cent municipal sales tax that has been used over the past decade to fund infrastructure improvements and reduce municipal debt.
A resolution approved in April by the...
A storm system that made its way through northeast Kansas on Friday produced a handful of tornadoes in the area, including at least three in northern Jackson County, according to the National Weather Service.
The tornadoes resulted in isolated damages to trees, sheds and outbuildings in the...
The Jackson County Commission and the Jackson County Planning Commission met Monday afternoon to review open meetings and records guidelines, as well as discuss the process for developing a special use permit for commercial solar energy projects.
The county commission, which includes Dan Brenner,...
On a 6-0 vote at its meeting here Monday evening, the Holton school board voted by resolution to change the method of school board election for the district, making all the school board positions at-large and not tied to any geographic area in the school district, as is currently the case.
A plan...
Smaller class sizes are essential to ensuring that younger students in the Jackson Heights district get the best education possible, and at the Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education’s monthly meeting on Monday, a group of teachers and patrons made that point clear to the board.
Monday’s board...
