Month: March 2019
A long-range master plan for USD 257 eventually could shift the Iola High School campus to the east side of Cottonwood Street, though that could be years away. The current school bond issue takes that…
Iola received more than $147,000 in sales tax revenues in January, a jaw-dropping 22 percent more than was collected over January 2018. City Clerk Roxanne Hutton received the first sales tax of 2019 Tuesday. Reports…
The good news for the Allen County Fair Association is that county commissioners heeded last weeks plea and voted to approve a $9,000 increase to the groups annual budget. The bad news is that no…
In their attempts to derail the confirmation of Iolas David Toland as Secretary of Commerce, his opponents have stooped to a new low. On Tuesday, Kansans for Life issued a statement insinuating that Thrive Allen…
65 Years Ago March 1954 Anita Rutledge, a 14-year-old eighth grade student from Humboldt, correctly spelled sane and scarcity to win the Allen County Spelling Championship in the Jefferson School auditorium here this afternoon. The…
More than 150,000 Kansans who need access to affordable quality health care are closer than ever to seeing that become a reality. Last Thursday, after some dubious legislative legerdemain, the Kansas House approved a bill…
BURLINGTON The Mustangs ran the gambit from high to low on Tuesday but still managed to start off the 2019 season undefeated after sweeping at Burlington 8-0 and 9-4. Their highest came in game…
BURLINGTON The start to the Iola softball season wasnt necessarily pretty, but given the opponent and the lack of good solid practice heading into the game thanks to the weather, head coach Chris Weide…
The Humboldt golf team fought through the wind and the cold on Monday to open their season with a fifth-place finish at Caney Valley. Due to wet and cold conditions, the Cubs came into the…
Doris May Roe, age 96, formerly of LaHarpe, died Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Greystone Assisted Living Facility. She was born to Floyd and Mary Alcie Elsie (Cline) Spencer on Aug. 9, 1922 in Arcadia.…
