EUREKA  — Bryce Misenhelter claimed third place in the 182-pound division at Saturday’s 18th Annual Eureka High Invitational wrestling tournament. Misenhelter had the top performance of the day for Iola High’s Mustangs. He opened the…

In Saturday’s Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade Pony Stampede, Iola’s seventh-grade B-team finished fourth in its division. The Ponies lost 25-24 to Independence in the opening round. Rhett Allen led the way with seven points followed…

Iola Middle School’s A-teams had different outcomes at home Monday against Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan Junior High’s Panthers. The Pony seventh-grade A-team locked down a 34-23 victory. The Ponies came back from a 9-7 first-quarter deficit.…

HUMBOLDT—No one was more surprised than Stacy Wright that the money-stretching practice she started less than a year ago would lead to a TV show appearance, teaching classes and speaking invitations. Due to undisclosed reasons,…

Iola City Council members delayed, for now, a decision on where to put a new dog park. Council members told members of a local committee that raised more than $10,000 in support of a local…

Iolans are one step closer to legally shooting off fireworks within city limits. For decades Iola has prohibited fireworks, although city council members discussed Monday lifting the ban.  They directed City Attorney Chuck Apt to…

Talk centered on taxes, KPERS and education at Monday night’s Farm Bureau legislative forum. Jana Shaver of the state Board of Education, State Rep. Bill Otto, R-Le Roy, and State Sen. Jeff King, R-Independence, addressed…

Mary Bake, 95, of Humboldt died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. She was born May 27, 1916, in rural Yates Center, the youngest of 11 children born to Isaac…

Sneaky Democrats looking for ways to re-elect Barack Obama should hie themselves to Florida and hit the hustings for Newt Gingrich. Newt’s nomination by the GOP would give Obama another four years — and  by…

Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade A-team captured third place in its division of the IMS Pony Stampede Saturday. After losing 45-27 to Independence in the first round, the Ponies came out and claimed a 39-20 win…