Former Iolan Mike Wilmoth, 54, has dipped his toe into the big time.Earlier this season, Wilmoth worked three pre-season and three regular season games as a replacement referee for the National Football League. He calls…

In the past two weeks, Iola High has stood toe to toe with a pair of the toughest high schools in southeast Kansas.While the Mustangs lost both contests, and were eliminated from postseason contention Friday…

Friends and relatives are invited to join the children of Billy and Barbara Clay of Iola in celebrating the Couple’s 50th wedding anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 28 at the North Community…

Tony and Kaylene Stanton, Wellsville, are the proud parents of Hank Thomas Stanton. Hank was born on Oct. 11, 2012 at Olathe Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds and 11 ½ ounces and was 21…

At mile 9, Brian looked over and winked, “Happy anniversary, hon.” It was a welcome pick-me-up. By then the fun of the half-marathon was beginning to wear thin. Still, we did it, along with 4,600…

At Monday night’s Humboldt council meeting, the future of Walter Johnson Park came up when members agreed to extend water lines to the east edge of town to accommodate the new USD 258 sports complex.When…

Joe Aistrup was asked to talk about government, politics and the Kansas economy at KU Thursday.“All I would have to do to alienate everyone in the room would be to add religion to that list,”…

Matt Korte will cry his second auction ever tonight at State Street Gallery, 320 W. Garfield.He opened the business as a retail outlet 11 months ago and in late summer decided a twice-a-month auction might…

Casey McKarnin’s dog Lilly is a fun-loving pooch.When he takes her out for a romp, Casey, a third-grader at Jefferson Elementary School, noticed how much Lilly wagged her tail.“A happy tail,” he called it.With Iola’s…

After realizing current city and county leaders have never met to discuss the possibility of forming one ambulance service, members of an advisory committee threw the ball into their court.The decision Friday morning also eliminated…