Marvin Lynch and Kenny Smail have worked together 38 years at the Piqua Cooperative. After 42 years, Lynch is preparing to step down in February when Smail, who has taken over the title of co-op…

  LAHARPE — Parents have secured a place for their children to board USD 256 buses headed to Moran, members of the LaHarpe City Council learned during a budget meeting Wednesday. The new pick-up stop…

The corn harvest will go out with a whimper. “It looks like we’re going to average 25 to 30 bushels an acre,” said Marvin Lynch, manager of the Piqua Farmers Cooperative. “I’ve heard of everything…

COLONY — Crest High’s annual Lancer Night is Thursday. The Lady Lancers’ volleyball intrasquad scrimmage is at 5 p.m. in the CHS gym. Also at 5 p.m. is the Lancer football team’s scrimmage on the…

Iola High’s Blue and Gold scrimmages are coming, Iola’s Fillies hit the volleyball court Tuesday for their intrasquad scrimmage. It starts at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. The Mustang football team will scrimmage…

Longtime cross country and track head coach Marvin Smith knows the hassle of ordering support braces for athletic injuries out of a catalog. Smith, who retired as a full time teacher at Iola High but…

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” Charles Dudley Warner, novelist and good friend of Mark Twain, once said.Steve Strickler and every other farmer would love to do something about it.…

Alvin F. “Al” Link, 77, Pueblo, Colo., passed away Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; children, Deb Adamsbraach, David Link and his wife, Mary, and Mike Harris and his partner,…

Dear editor, The small cities of Allen County have endured and suffered decisions made by Gov. Brownback concerning consolidating the schools to a bigger city and more population. Each city has taxpayers paying to Allen…

Humboldt youth tackle football teams are forming now. The youth program is for boys and girls in the third through sixth grades. Anyone who did not sign up during Humboldt enrollment and wishes to participate…