An annual free trapshoot for the young, 16 and younger, is Saturday at Lone Tree Gun Club, near Elsmore.Boys and girls are encouraged to participate but parent supervision is required. The event goes from 10…

PARSONS —  Giving up two long touchdown passes and a safety on a bad snap, Iola High’s Mustang junior varsity faced a 15-0 deficit after one quarter of play Monday.The Mustangs finished a touchdown drive…

HUMBOLDT — The USD 258 board of education heard good news Monday  as school principals Kay Bolt, elementary and middle, and Craig Smith, high school, reviewed results of 2009 state assessments and annual yearly progress…

Failing to pick up after Fido just got a bit more costly in Humboldt.City councilmen approved Monday a new ordinance that puts more responsibility on pet owners to properly dispose of animal waste.Residents are required…

HUMBOLDT — The new Humboldt City Hall should be ready for business in late October.City Administrator Larry Tucker updated Humboldt councilmen Monday on the ongoing renovations as they approved a number of items necessary before…

Richard E. Wood, author of “Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvests” will speak Friday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center as part of the ongoing Speakers Series in the Dale P. Creitz…

Iola Middle School students and their parents will be better versed in solving math problems by the end of the fall semester thanks to Family Math Night, a SAFE BASE academic program started a year…

USD 257 board members decided several purchases Monday evening. Four vendors were identified to provide services and materials during construction of the building trades house. DC Service, owned by Ray Shannon, will do consultation and…

A new hospital and new schools will keep Iola alive, Deanne Burris said Monday night.Burris and other USD 257 board members looked again at physical improvements for the district during a planning session.A new campus…

Tyler and Jamie Calahan, Richardton, N.D., announce the birth of a daughter, Mataya Marie, born July 26, 2010, at St. Joseph Hospital in Dickenson, N.D. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 18 1/2…