Steve Traw’s “Turning Point,” sermon Sunday used the scripture from Mark 8:22-33. Jesus spent about a year and a half teaching the multitudes and healing others. Then he spent the next year and a half…

Our fall calving season has just wrapped up with another successful year that has now brought views of lively baby calves dotting our pasture. Since our calving season usually falls within the same time as…

One way to get a sense of a community is to drive or walk around, observing and taking note of the different characteristics and opportunities that the community may have to offer. Community Assessments are…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon Sunday, “Don’t be deceived,” was from Joshua chapter 9. Joshua allowed the enemy Gibeonites to deceive him, so instead of destroying them as God commanded, he allowed them to be servants.…

President Sophia Heim called the Prairie Rose 4-H Club meeting to order Sunday, Sept. 22.  The Cloverbuds led the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge. Roll call was, What was your greatest 4-H accomplishment…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I feel like I’m circling the drain. It’s been a problem for months, but intensified in the last few weeks. I absolutely cannot focus at work. The job…

Terry Joe and Karen Johnson are celebrating 44 years of marriage. They were married on Sept. 30, 1980, at Lavern’s Marriage Parlor in Miami, Okla.

Allen County Farm Bureau hosted a pork chop supper for their members on Aug. 10 at the John Silas Bass Community Building in Iola. Approximately 50 members were in attendance, along with a few special…

Incidents On Sept. 16, officers responded to a domestic incident in the 600 block of North Elm Street. On Sept. 16, a woman reported a lost wallet in the 300 block of South Walnut Street.…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: How do you know when to break up a marriage after a partner has an affair? I’ve been married for almost 25 years. My spouse had a six-month…