Humboldt Elementary School students got into the act Thursday of celebrating their 100th day of classes for the 2022-23 school year by receiving luggage tags from Allen Community College. Allen is celebrating its centennial this…

The Iola Amateur Radio Club will host its February meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the old Trinity Methodist Church (The Foundry) at 228 S. Kentucky St. A special presentation by the Kansas Section manager…

The Allen Community College Board of Trustees will gather for a special meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Ambler Board Room in the college’s student center. The bulk of the meeting will be done…

Canadian snow geese are making their annual pilgrimage through the heartland, heading south during the coldest parts of winter.

Are you interested in starting your own vegetable transplants or flowers from seed? If so, join the Southwind Extension District for “Let’s Get Growing,” a how-to workshop full of tips to ensure seed starting success. …

Three Iola Middle School sixth-graders were honored for their essays “My Pledge To Our Veterans” Monday. The students were named the winners of the LaHarpe Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6324…

Junior Project Leader Mallory Heim and Project Leader Kelci Botts held the regular meeting for Prairie Rose Cloverbuds Jan. 12. They learned about the 4-H Pledge, motto, colors, and emblem. The cloverbuds started working on their…

Students attending Allen Community College, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, were at Marmaton Valley Elementary School Friday to hand out bag tags to students in honor of MVs 100th day of classes. 

Workers are remodeling a 1901 building on the corner of Bridge and 9th streets to make it into a restaurant and bed and breakfast. The building was the Bailey Hotel in its first life. It…

Allen opened as Iola Junior College in 1923, in the third floor of Iola High School, before later becoming known as Allen County Community College after its new campus on North Cottonwood Street opened in…