A gaggle of kindergartners entered McKinley Elementary School Wednesday morning, not sure of what to expect, but excited nonetheless.They weren’t the only ones.Teacher Karly Mayfield is a newcomer herself.Fresh out of college, Mayfield, 23, is…

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — Both Allen Community College soccer teams struggled to find the back of the net during their season-opening trip to Oklahoma.The women lost 3-0 to Rose State College and couldn’t muster much…

Carolyn Zimmerman, 72, Yates Center, mother of five children, including Clifford Muntzert of the home, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at…

Susan Lewis, manager of the surgery department at Allen County Regional Hospital, gave trustees a brief lesson on how new technology makes it easier to hook patients up to oxygen before they undergo a surgery,…

Scott Stanley is more than ready for school to begin.“We need a break,” the director of operations of USD 257 told board members at their meeting Monday night.The department’s summer punch list was long, including…

Allen County commissioners paved the way to go another five years with the Rural Opportunity Zone program.The ROZ designation is meant to lure prospective employees this way by helping them retire their student debt by…

The Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a public meeting Thursday evening to explain the ongoing soil remediation project in town.The session begins at 6:30 at the Iola Public Library, 218 E. Madison Ave.Crews have been…

Dear editor, Must “growing the Farm-City Day Fall Festival into a premier event in SEK” depend on an outdoor beer joint? Isn’t drinking in public illegal? And what about the kids attending Farm-City Days? Of…

Francis (Frank) J. Gibbons, son of Sarah and Frank Gibbons of Humboldt, was born Aug. 11, 1922. He passed away on Aug. 1, 2016, at Richmond Rehabilitation Center at the age of 93. He was…

Representatives from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks will be in Iola Sept. 1 to hear about a proposed land swap involving a portion of Iola’s Meadowbrook Park. City Council members remain noncommittal about…