Month: February 2014

Forecasts for more wintry weather have prompted changes to the upcoming Allen Community College baseball schedule.Cold weather forced school officials to scrub home and road games today and Saturday against Johnson County.The rescheduling will not…

First the bad news.Iola High’s Mustangs have sputtered down the stretch of the 2013-14 season, losing five of their last six.Their most recent setback may have been the worst of all, a gut-wrenching, two-point loss…

SALINA — John Whitworth and Bryce Misenhelter already have seen some of the toughest wrestlers the state has to offer.Now their road gets even tougher.The Iola High duo will be in Salina Friday and Saturday…

Barbara Ann Barnes, 76, Iola, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.Barbara was born June 15, 1937, in Boise City, Okla., the daughter of William Floyd and Vella Margaret (Yoho)…

Student directors and actors are gearing up for a weekend full of comedy and drama. The student one-act plays begin at 7:30 tonight at the Allen Community College Theatre. They continue through Saturday.Each director cast…

Both the City of Iola and Allen County received a nice little Easter egg recently, presumably at the hands of major construction projects.For the month of February, Iola garnered $76,274 from its compensating use tax,…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Lions Club members are looking for a way to help Iola students who have vision problems.Cole Herder, vice president of the Humboldt club, outlined how the Lions annually aid in the purchase…

Dear editor,I don’t see what the big deal is about having chickens in the city limits. I grew up on North Jefferson and we always had at least a dozen chickens and three or four…

The main auditorium was about two-thirds full for the one-time performance of “The Miracle Worker” Saturday night at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Professional actors from the Montana Repertory Theatre staged the well-known production about…

Both the City of Iola and Allen County received a nice little Easter egg recently, presumably at the hands of major construction projects.For the month of February, Iola garnered $76,274 from its compensating use tax,…