It’s been open to the public for the past 19 months, and now Allen County Regional Hospital is nearly fully complete.At their regular meeting Tuesday, the hospital’s board of trustees unanimously approved paying Murray Company…

Property owners in USD 257 are being asked to spend more when they pay their tax bills.At a special USD 257 meeting Wednesday night the board approved for publication its 2015-16 spending plan, which calls…

Thrive Allen County will host one of its most important community conversations to date on the evenings of Aug. 10 and 11 at B&W Trailer Hitches in Humboldt.For nearly a decade now, Thrive has accumulated…

Bill King, in his last visit with Allen County commissioners as director of Public Works, proposed Monarch Cement Co. be permitted to have haul trucks carry shale through Humboldt.County planners recommended Thursday evening Monarch be…

One bouquet after another flew Bill King’s way late Tuesday morning during a retirement reception for Allen County’s director of Public Works.Commissioners, in their adulation, decreed Tuesday Bill King Day in the county. Reality would…

The Sluggers, a 14-and-under traveling softball team comprised of players from Iola, Humboldt and Moran, brought home the OGSA Heartland World Series championship Sunday, but they did it the hard way. The Sluggers only lost…

TULSA — Former Iolans Brandon Allen and Amanda Rose were killed Saturday morning after the motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a car that had been driving the wrong way on U.S. 75 near…

OSAWATOMIE — A crowd of roughly 50 gathered at Memorial Hall Monday to discuss the fallout from the recently instituted freeze on patient admissions at Osawatomie State Hospital.In late-June, the psychiatric hospital — which services…

Already faced with higher water and electric bills, Iolans will be asked to pay more in property taxes to support the city’s 2016 budget.City Council members voted, 5-2, Monday to schedule an Aug. 10 hearing…

Iolans should get in the habit of setting their cell phones aside when they get behind the wheel, City Council members said.While details still need to be ironed out, the Council directed staffers to work…