The Bowlus Commission, an advisory committee for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, offered a price break of $40,000 to the local school district, in light of the state’s budget cuts to education.Susan Raines, Bowlus executive…

While their classmates danced the night away at the 2015 prom the Iola High School Life Smarts team was across the country at its national competition.This is the first time Iola has won state and…

Thrive Allen County is working to create a more active culture. Thrive’s executive director, David Toland, spoke Friday at the monthly See, Hear Iola session to give an update on the trail system.Iola’s trail system…

Different life experiences push people into becoming authors. For authors Mike Graf and Louise Borden, childhood adventures led them to their respective paths.Graf and Borden were in Iola Friday and Saturday for the 16th annual…

It was a perfect day for a stroll in Riverside Park Saturday morning. The third annual MOM’s (Mothers of Miracles) Stroll and Roll brought people of all ages to support area children with special needs.The…

Eileen Jane “Hanson” Wagner, 80, Carthage, Mo., passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015. Eileen was born March 19, 1935, in Ada, Minn., to Ole Hanson and Hilma “Ljunggren” Hanson. She had been a resident of…

Marvin N. Peery, 73, Lone Elm, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City.Marvin was born Aug. 17, 1941, in Ottawa, the son of Charles Kenneth and Irene (Carrier) Peery.…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s baseball and softball teams swept through the competition to take first place in their respective tournaments Friday.The Cubs started the day with a 4-2 baseball win against Anderson County.“Kason [Siemens] threw…

FREDONIA — Iola High’s track team competed at the Fredonia Invitational on Friday. Two athletes stood out in a day in which everyone had to contend with strong wind.Emery Driskel took third in the high…

CHANUTE — Allen Community College’s softball season came to a heartbreaking end over the weekend.The Red Devils were on the losing end of late-inning comebacks Friday and Saturday in their Region IV playoff series with…