Month: September 2017

Those wanting to take part in the upcoming Farm-City Days Medallion Hunt must first purchase a $2 button by Monday to be eligible for the $1,000 prize. No buttons will be sold once the hunt…

Allen County planning commissioners voted 5-1 Thursday evening to recommend county commissioners issue a conditional use permit for construction of a substation to accommodate the pending wind farm. It would come to play to transfer…

Behind the blank wall display of the former women’s clothing store McGinty-Whitworth on 101 E. Madison St. is a growing  community of people who enjoy cards, videogames and role-playing games. Gone are flowery blouses and…

As the saying goes, there’s a first time for everything and on Friday, Iola’s first win of the 2017 season came with a flurry of first times.  The Mustangs scored in the first quarter for…

EUREKA — It would be easy — and for those who go for the jugular — to shower superlatives on Humboldt’s Cubs, after they thrashed Eureka Friday night 50-14. Easy, but not necessary. Anyone who…

The Yates Center Wildcats lost their homecoming game to the St. Marys Bears by a score of 70-0 on Friday night. Yates Center is now 1-4 on the season with this loss.  The game would…

The Mustangs and Fillies found themselves on top of the leaderboard once again on Thursday as the Iola varsity boys and girls and junior varsity girls all finished first at Central Heights.  For the varsity…

MOUND CITY — Marmaton Valley volleyball ran into some trouble on the road on Tuesday as they went 1-2 versus Yates Center, Chetopa and Uniontown at Jayhawk Linn. Even throughout some early struggles, junior Patricia…

Dear editor,I was disturbed after reading the article regarding the parking lot size for G&W Foods. Based on the remarks made by the county commissioners it appears they don’t appreciate G&W for bringing in a…

Perhaps Allen County commissioners were a tad overzealous Tuesday in their concern that the parking lot abutting the new G&W Foods and the medical arts building did not meet their expectations and were merely wanting…