OTTAWA — Iola High School’s speech and drama students ended their regular season with another pot of gold Saturday. The forensics students captured first place in the team sweeps at the Paola Invitational. The students…

Janet Perkins, seventh-grade student in Iola Junior High School, was the winner of the annual Allen County Spelling Bee. Janet also won last year’s bee, said Ralph Trout, elementary education supervisor, who was in charge.…

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met Monday, April 3. It was “Wear a 4-H Shirt” night.  For roll call, members shared their middle names. They sang “Happy Birthday” to the three April birthdays.  Leader Terri…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High School’s forensics team has an egg-citing fundraiser in the works this weekend. The speech and drama students are taking part in their annual “Egg My Yard” fundraiser. Pre-filled eggs with…

The Allen County Retired School Personnel organization will meet at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Mary Ellen Stadler Conference room at Allen Community College.   Those who plan to get meals from the cafeteria are…

HUMBOLDT — The Biblesta Committee is hosting a pair of events in April. The Biblesta Committee will meet for its regular meeting at 6 p.m. April 17 at the Von Humboldt Plaza Meeting Room at…

Thrive Allen County is hosting a Community Conversation at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at the Gas Community Building.  Discussion will include what is going well in Gas and what can be improved.  Residents are…

Patrons of all ages can meet and greet poets, listen to poems, attend a poetry workshop or get a poem for their pocket. Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry…

Iola Elementary School fifth-grader Bradley Cooper took first place in the Allen County Spelling Bee on Friday afternoon, Feb. 24, at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. In second place was Thatcher Mueller, an eighth-grader at…

All A’s Eighth grade — Karline Covey, Kamry DeLaTorre, Rylee Ellison, Hadley Galloway, Connor gray, Gavin Gunderman, Kinley Hart, Lakyn Meadows, Thatcher Mueller and Jack Works. Seventh grade — Kolton Hanson, Jordan Hencey, Adalyn Hillmon,…