Renowned jazz vocalist Donna Singer will be at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center’s Creitz Recital Hall at 4 p.m. Oct. 10.A four-piece jazz group will accompany Singer, whose appearance is being sponsored by Allen Community…

One day Allen County may have about 100 wind turbines producing electricity from farmland in a spacious tract north of LaHarpe and Moran.Rorik F. Peterson told Allen County commissioners Tuesday the project, first mentioned a…

When it rains it pours — and water flows right into the locker rooms at the Iola football stadium in Riverside Park.Drainage issues, mold and inadequate dressing rooms were among the issues Citizens Involvement Task…

Iola High’s varsity and freshman team, as well as Iola Middle’s eighth-grade team, played Tuesday afternoon.The Fillies traveled to Garnett to face off against Central Heights and Anderson County.The varsity squad lost its match against…

For about five minutes, Allen Community College men’s soccer team looked as if it was going to snap its two-game losing skid.Logan Harris scored with 25 minutes remaining in the game to break a 0-0…

In their previous 10 games this season, the Lady Red Devils had never scored more than five goals in a single game.On Tuesday afternoon, they scored six in 45 minutes. The Allen Community College women’s…

Doris Loreen Baker, 83, Humboldt, passed away Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola.Doris was born March 30, 1932, in Humboldt, the daughter of Harvey Marion and Velma Alice (McIntyre) Orcutt. She grew…

Betty Jean Johnson Meadows, 88, Iola, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at St. Francis – Via Christi Hospital in Wichita.Betty was born Jan. 14, 1927, on a farm near Climax, the youngest child of Lowell…

It didn’t take long for Dr. Brian Neely and his family to find themselves at home in Iola.“We came to Iola and just really like the town,” Neely said Monday. “We really like the people…

The city’s ability to generate electricity took center stage Monday as Iola City Council members discussed short- and long-term projects with Iola’s electric plant.Council members voted to spend upwards of $840,000 over the next two…