Allen Community College’s soccer players greeted a gaggle of area youngsters for a youth soccer clinic Sunday at the ACC fields in Iola. The clinic was a welcome elixir for the Allen soccer clubs, which…

Pastor Chase Riebel spoke on Jericho, the city that God destroyed with unconventional methods in Joshua Chapter 6. When God destroys an evil stronghold in our life we should not return to it. Proverbs 26:11…

Adapted from an online discussion. Hey, Carolyn: My ex and I (no kids) are still great friends after our split. Luckily for us, we still got along and didn’t want to take it out on…

The Allen County Farmers Market offered a chance to paint pumpkins at Thursday’s event. Humboldt’s Calvin Parker provided the pumpkins.

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My husband has a very close female friend. They met at work 15 years ago; we’ve been married for 25. She’s extremely extroverted, while I am an introvert.…

New siding at the home of Derrick and Jennifer Foster at 309 S. Washington gives it a whole new look. Over the three years of living at the home, the young couple has done a…

Stephen Gilpin, Iola-born indie comics artist and illustrator, will speak at Iola Public Library 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19. He’s the second in this fall’s Local Author Speaker Series at the library. Gilpin, who lives…

Iola street crew workers were repainting white stripes at the intersection of U.S. 54/Madison Avenue and Washington Avenue Wednesday morning. Crews have been chip-sealing streets around the city in recent weeks and are now starting…

In the last week or so, I’ve had many calls about fall fertilizer applications on fescue and brome pastures and meadows. Much of the nitrogen (N) applied to tall fescue and smooth bromegrass hay meadows…

Sunday services were in the new church building. Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon reminded the congregation the building is “a new battleship” from which they can work baptizing and making disciples. Darren McGhee’s communion meditation was…