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Despite the Kansas House of Representatives not adjourning until after 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, Reps. Francis Awerkamp (R-St. Marys) and Randy Garber (R-Sabetha) were both eager to update Jackson County constituents on this year’s session during a Legislative forum here that same morning.
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Rather than devote an entire summer to restoring a full block of one of Holton’s brick streets, the city’s street department is going to focus on repairing deteriorated sections of concrete curb when it’s not dealing with the “bump” issue on Banner Road, Holton Street Superintendent Greg Tanking...
Hamm Companies has opened a new rock quarry in Jackson County south of Soldier, it has been reported.
Ramon Gonzalez, sales manager with Hamm Companies, said that the new quarry, located at 4485 226th Rd., opened two weeks ago to the public.
The quarry is located west of Holton and just south off...
More than three years after Holton High School initiated plans to start its Honor Flight program, plans are now being finalized for the Wildcats’ first Honor Flight this June, taking 16 military veterans and 16 student guardians to Washington, D.C.
Holton’s program will team up with programs from...
Heather Hundley has resigned as principal of Royal Valley Middle School. The resignation takes effect at the end of the school year.
Members of the board of education accepted Hundley’s resignation during their meeting Monday evening at the district office in Mayetta.
In her resignation letter,...
While college basketball fans in northeast Kansas were getting ready to watch the “March Madness” games of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, Holton native Deandra Schirmer was preparing one of the top women’s basketball teams in NCAA’s Division II for its first visit to the “Elite...
Candidates can begin filing for the Nov. 8 general election, which will include several federal, state and local races.
The deadline to file for the election is noon on Wednesday, June 1, at the Jackson County Clerk’s Office on the second floor of the Jackson County Courthouse.
Locally, the first...
Community HealthCare System, or CHCS, has recognized Katie Kufahl, RN, and her Birth Center nursing team with the winter 2022 DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing. Birth Center nurses were nominated for their kindness and professionalism as they cared for a new mom who had a C-section and needed...
While there’s less than a month to go in the Kansas trout fishing season, there are still plenty of trout in Holton’s Elkhorn Lake that are available to be caught — including two that come with prizes for lucky anglers who catch them, Holton Parks and Recreation Director Mike Reichle said.
Reichle...
The deaths of two people at their home on 94th Road in southern Jackson County on Monday evening, March 21, are being ruled an apparent “murder-suicide” by Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, it has been reported.
Sheriff Morse said the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at about 6:...
