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The three members of the Kansas House of Representatives that represent Jackson County were split in the recent vote on a wide-ranging educational bill that would use state taxpayer funds for private school and home school students, it was reported.
Representatives Francis Awerkamp (R-St. Marys)...
Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) internet service is coming to Denison after Giant Communications was awarded an $895,295 grant from the state.
Representatives from Giant Communications met with Denison residents at Finer Than A Frog Hair Bar & Grill last Thursday to share more information about the...
Arkansas City High School principal Jeremy Truelove will lead Holton High School starting next school year, it has been reported.
The Holton school district announced this week that Truelove, who has worked all 15 years of his educational career at Arkansas City, has been appointed to the high...
The Jackson County Commissioners have signed a one-year contract with Hartwell Capital Consulting LLC of Lake Ridge, Va. to help the county recoup funds from the federal government when property in the county is successfully reclaimed by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, put into USA trust and...
Plans for a new community building at Banner Creek Reservoir were sent back to the drawing board last summer after bids for the project were over budget.
Now after reassessing and scaling back the project, new bids are being sought for the building’s construction at a more prominent location at the...
The generosity of a Jackson County farming couple is being felt by Future Farmers of America organizations at two Jackson County high schools and by the Heart of Jackson Humane Society — causes near and dear to the couple, according to the administrator of the couple’s estate.
It was recently...
During the first week of June, both Holton and Jackson Heights high schools will take groups of military veterans and their student guardians to Washington, D.C. as part of the national Honor Flight program, and representatives from both schools say they are open to cooperating on a future trip to...
It’s a cool morning at Derek and Kathy Bissitt’s ranch southeast of Holton, and the Bissitts have gone out to feed corn and “range cubes” to the herd in their all-terrain vehicle.
One member of the herd, named Caesar, walks up to the ATV and snorts as he’s fed range cubes from a bucket, as do...
On a 5-2 vote here Monday evening, the Holton school board approved a motion to establish a district daycare starting with the next school term, utilizing two classrooms at the Holton Elementary School and employing two licensed instructors and one assistant. Board members Terry Lierz and Ryan...
Each March, the American Farm Bureau organizes Ag Safety Awareness Program week to highlight farm safety and provide education and training resources, it was reported.
During the week, agricultural groups focus on different aspects of farm safety each day, including work in confined animal spaces,...
