Who knew Marty McFly was a Farm-City Days planner? The “Back To the Future” protagonist apparently played a role in the planning for the 2023 Farm-City Days Medallion Hunt, explained committee member Daren Kellerman. It…

Allison Heim, a 2020 Marmaton Valley High School graduate and a member of the Connected Cats of Kansas State University, stopped by last Thursday to give the Spirit of K-State award to MVHS agriculture teacher…

Storybook weather conditions greeted throngs of festival-goers at Humboldt Saturday for the 65th annual Biblesta celebration. On top of several gospel performances, and a free bean feed, the crowd delighted in the annual Biblesta parade,…

Khloe Utley didn’t have a lot of support during her pregnancy. She signed up for WIC, a supplemental nutrition program for pregnant women, infants and young children.  That’s when she met Brittany Frishman, a breastfeeding…

The Iola Public Library will host a solar eclipse event on the front lawn Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. The partial eclipse begins here at 10:20 a.m. and reaches magnitude at 11:45 a.m. when…

On Saturday,  the moon will pass in front of the sun, but this does not mean that we will be treated to a total solar eclipse.  Rather, it will be an annular, or partial, solar…

Discussion on the $9.95 million bond issue to renovate the Allen County Courthouse is at 6:30 Tuesday at the courthouse. The evening begins with tours of the building followed by a Q & A session…

There’s a simple solution to the housing crisis in Southeast Kansas: Money. But without a ready supply of cash to build infrastructure and buildings, and without buyers flush with funds, the problem is a lot…

If Jon Wells were a betting man, he’d be all in on Iola.  “We’re right on the cusp. There’s a lot going on in town, and a lot that could happen for Iola. But it…

Brody Nemecek’s busy week in Iola included a stop by his alma mater Thursday. Nemecek, a 2020 Iola High School graduate, is in his senior year at Kansas State University and was part of a…