First Mustang wrestlers to qualify for state tournament CHANUTE — It was a historic weekend for Iola High sports at the 2010 Kansas Class 4A Regional Wrestling Tournament at Chanute High School.Iola High juniors Marcus…

About 20 Iolans came together Saturday morning to learn how they can help address the issue of poverty in Allen County.The workshop, and one to be offered Tuesday evening, was based on Beth Lindsay Templeton’s…

Rep. Bill Otto last week offered an amendment to legislation (HB 2280) to permit school districts that transferred money in previous years from general funds to special capital outlay funds to have access to the…

Iolans have an opportunity to sound off on three potential signage concepts for the community identity component of Vision Iola.The three concepts will be discussed at 7 p.m. Thursday at the North Community Building, where…

Elwin and Joan Ermel will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Bronson United Methodist Church annex. The couple were married in Bronson United Methodist…

George and Debbie Wall, Iola, and Don and Tammy Emerson, Gas, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Maegan Nicole Wall and Corey Tyler Emerson.The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Humboldt High…

Margaret Katherine Apt and Kerry Duane Dickerson were married Oct. 17, 2009, in Carole Chapel on the campus of Washburn University in Topeka. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Janet A. Chubb of St.…

Melvin “Mel” Perkins, 73, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, at Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.He was born April 15, 1936, in Humboldt to Ted and Frances Perkins. He graduated from Humboldt High School in…

Mary Elizabeth Boyd, 93, of Iola died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, at Allen County Hospital.She was born June 17, 1916, on a farm near Neosho, Mo., the daughter of Adelbert and Gladys (Barlow) Weston. She…

Angry screams from environmentalists greeted the announcement that the Southern Co. would be eligible for $8.3 billion in loan guarantees to build two nuclear power plants. Southern had worked hard to defeat the climate change…