Area News

Kick off the holiday season with your friends, neighbors and local merchants this Saturday, November 27! The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a gala event for Customer Appreciation Day and Shop Small Saturday. All kinds of events, refreshments, and contests will be held throughout the day-long event. Many of the merchants are holding specials and…

The Annual Holden Holiday Lighted Parade, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, will be held this Saturday, November 27. The parade is the culmination of a day full of events and contests for Customer Appreciation Day and Shop Small Saturday. Line-up begins at 5 p.m. and participants must pre-register by November 25. Judging takes place between…

It’s that time of year once again! Thanksgiving is nearly here and local churches will be providing free Thanksgiving dinners. The Holden Community of Christ Church, along with help from the Presbyterian and First Christian churches will again prepare dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Dinners will be delivered to your home or may be picked up…

The Holden Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater as the entertainment for the 2021 Annual Chamber Awards on Friday, November 5, 2021, at the Hallar Building. The entertainers came from the Kansas City area from a company called The Dinner Detective. The three-course meal of salad, roast beef, baked potato, green…

Ongoing and upcoming events were the main topics of discussion when the Holden Area Chamber of Commerce met at its monthly meeting last Thursday morning. Chamber President Jennifer Smithson told members the Shop Small Sweepstakes promotion is still underway and runs through Nov. 26. In the promotion, each participating business sets an amount to be…

The Holden Board of Public Works (BPW) heard a report about the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) inspection of the Holden City Lake, at its regular November 2 meeting. Water Superintendent Tony Lerda also gave a Power Point slideshow, detailing the history of the lake, as well as other interesting lake facts. Lerda said of the inspection,…

The Holden football team won its first-round Class 2, District 5 Tournament game over Versailles by the final score of 14-0 on Friday, October 29. Muddy field conditions led to the Eagles conducting their offense around a heavy ground game which led to Holden gaining 223 of its 247 total offensive yards on rushing attempts.…

The Holden Parks & Recreation Board discussed the upcoming ballot issue of the continuation of the parks sales tax measure, at its regular September meeting. The local parks/city storm water issue will be proposed to voters on the April 2022 ballot. Parks & Rec discussed the language/verbiage to be used on the ballot. Mayor Liz Weeks was…

Holden City Council members heard a clarification on appropriations/bills from Mayor Liz Weeks at their regular October meeting. Mayor Weeks explained to council that there was a bill from City Attorney Jeremy Cover regarding a Sunshine Law complaint brought against the City by Councilman Ray Briscoe. Weeks explained that City Clerk Celeste Malcom spent nearly…