The Veterans Day Committee is taking steps to replace crumbling tiles in front of the Veterans Wall on the courthouse square.For years, the tiles have been prone to damage to the point that some can…

LAHARPE — Utilities and city park equipment were front and center for much of Tuesday’s LaHarpe City Council meeting.The Council approved a 50-cent per month increase in water meter charges for each customer, a hike…

GAS — Paula Dieker Swayze owns a 20-acre pasture just north of Gas that is landlocked. The problem arose when Swayze sold her home and adjacent property, but kept the 20 acres without including an…

All day long, whether rain or shineShe’s part of the assembly lineShe’s making history, working for victoryRosie, brrrrrrrr, the riveter— a song by The Four Vagabonds (1943) In 1942, as the Second World War was…

The speed limit on a stretch of old U.S. 169 between Iola and Humboldt will change to 45 mph beginning Friday. The section is from Maryland Road, just north of Humboldt Hill, on into Humboldt.…

Humboldt Administrator Cole Herder asked Allen County Commissioners if they would share in the purchase of equipment necessary to repair roads.County commissioners were noncommittal Tuesday morning, but listened with interest.Herder said Humboldt is hard-pressed to…

COFFEYVILLE — The Iola Middle School girls basketball team faced off against Coffeyville on the road Monday.The eighth-grade A team lost its matchup, 27-21. Kelsey Morrison had a team-high 11 points while MJ Neises led…

To the editor:On Oct. 4, I found out firsthand how fortunate we are to have a hospital close.I was at the hospital when I stopped breathing, and a team started working on me immediately. I…

To the editor:Wow! What a great choice you made Iola hiring Carol Sager! She certainly has the high energy to visit and persuade the businesses that have dropped the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce to…

Humboldt native Norma Norene Wilson, 86, Reinbeck, Iowa, whose family lived for several years in Iola, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy, Iowa, while under…