Crest High School has announced its 2024 Fall Homecoming candidates. Crest will face off against Centre-Lost Springs for the homecoming game Friday. 

Humboldt High School’s 2024 Fall Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned Friday at the Cubs’ home football game against Bluestem. The crowning ceremony will be at halftime.

Welcome spring and create continuous color for several months with a collection of spring-flowering bulbs.  After planting in the fall, you’ll enjoy an array of flower colors that combine nicely with other spring-flowering trees, shrubs,…

Pastor Chase Riebel continued his series in Joshua from Chapter 14 this week. Israel had been fighting a lot of battles to rid the promised land of sinful and idolatrous tribes so that Israel could…

William “Pat” Patton, new administrator for Saint Luke’s Allen County Regional Hospital and Anderson County Hospital, addresses questions from Iola Rotarians at the club’s Thursday meeting. Patton is originally from Oklahoma and obtained his master…

Allen County Commissioner David Lee made himself available Thursday evening in front of the courthouse to visit about the proposed countywide sales tax on the Nov. 5 ballot. If passed, a half cent sales tax…

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 15 is still alive. A new group of women have stepped up and decided to bring the unit back. They recently held a special meeting with some of the…

The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to begin resurfacing work today on U.S. 54 in Allen County. The work will start at the east city limits of LaHarpe and continue east for 12.3 miles to…

Iola Elementary School fifth-grader Kage Botello receives an atlas from Iola Rotary president Sharon Moreland on Monday. In keeping with a tradition dating back over 20 years, Rotarians distributed 75 dictionaries to 3rd-graders and 70…

Arrests and citations On Sept. 23, Kevin Runner of Iola was arrested on suspicon of possession of methamphetamine in the 1800 block of North Walnut Street. On Sept. 23, Hollis Grewing was arrested on suspicion…