Around Town

The semi-monthly meeting of the Alpha-Gal Syndrome group will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 2401 S. State St. in Iola. The public is invited for snacks and drinks. The presentation…

LaHarpe VFW Auxiliary members have been busy letting veterans know they are loved. At the Auxiliary’s Feb. 10 meeting it was reported they sent 80 Valentine’s Day cards to the Winfield VA hospital, eight cards…

Learn about how to keep you and your family during extreme weather at Monday’s “Storm Fury on the Plains,” at 6:30 p.m. in the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Center. The program is free…

Iola High School’s forensics team has had an active season with several earning top places in their respective competitive speaking and acting pieces. Saturday’s competition was the team’s most successful venture yet, with Iola taking…

The March Allen Community College Board of Trustees meeting has been moved to 7 p.m., March 12, in the Spencer Ambler Board Room at the ACC campus. The meeting has been pushed back a day…

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten breakfast series for Iola area churches. On Wednesday, residents are invited to First Presbyterian Church at 7 a.m. for a short worship service and meal. Breakfasts will…

On Friday, Feb. 28, Russell Stover Chocolates of Iola presented a check to Hope Unlimited in the amount of $3,092.53. Employees raised these funds via their annual Pie in the Face event at the plant.…

Pastor Chase Riebel gave his sermon from Ezekiel 33 titled “Why Should You Die?” Confession without repentance still equals death. It tells us in 1 John 5:12 that if we believe in Jesus Christ we…

Gary Murphey was the speaker Sunday, preaching from the book of John. He posed some food for thought: How was Jesus as a baby? Jesus did his first preaching at the temple when he was…

YATES CENTER — Kevin Brown, a senior at Yates Center High School, was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship for his involvement with the Flint Hills Technical College Automotive Technology Program at LaHarpe’s Regional Rural Technical…