Ray and Wanda Shannon celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on July 23 with a card shower due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cards congratulating the couple can be mailed to 619 East St., Iola, KS 66749.…

HUMBOLDT — The next Sunflower Quilters Guild meeting is July 27 at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth St. The board meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the guild meeting…

GAS — Moran’s Lloyd Houk will perform a free gospel concert at 7 p.m. Friday at the Gas Fundamentalist Bible Church. The concert is the second such event at the church in recent weeks, and…

Youngsters who visit the Allen County Farmers Market Thursday will get a Fourth of July flag. The market runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue on the east side of the courthouse square.…

The 110th Kincaid Fair is canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kincaid Fair Association announced the cancelation Sunday for the event planned Sept. 24-26. The fair is known for its fair queen contest, parade…

The Iola Amateur Radio Club members discussed at their June 11 meeting the upcoming Ham Radio Field Day activities in LaHarpe. The event kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gale Jeffers’s residence, 412 S.…

Twenty-seven gift cards have been distributed since March 12 to area cancer patients, courtesy of Wings of Warriors. Four went to new patients, members were told at their June 11 meeting. Club members discussed the…

Plans are for Iola Municipal Pool to open by June 29. Interim City Administrator Corey Schinstock told City Council members Monday the pool has been filled and the water is being treated with chlorine to…

Carl and Barbara Letsinger will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Carl Letsinger and Barbara Joan Sinclair were married June 10, 1960, in Iola, by the Honorable Earl Ruse. The vows…

Iola City Council members will discuss proposed adjustments to the city’s pay scale at their meeting Monday night. Iola’s most recent wage study was completed in 2014, and instituted over a subsequent three-year span. City…