Andrew Giza’s love of the performing arts began early. He was around 8 years old when he watched a live performance of “A Christmas Carol.” The actor playing Scrooge woke up Christmas morning a changed…

(Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story misidentified Andersyn Carr as Khiana Haynes. We regret the error.) Don’t play with your food — especially if it’s smarter than you.  That sums up the theme…

Iola Elementary School’s SAFE BASE and Title I offered a voting-themed Blue Plate Dinner Monday night to teach youngsters about the electoral process.Students selected whether they wanted Assistant Principal Tiffany Koehn or SAFE BASE Director…

Humboldt poll workers, from left, Pat Wilhite and Bob Johnson, help Linda Stanislaus as she arrives to vote at the Humboldt Methodist Church Tuesday morning. The poll workers said turnout had been steady. Results will…

The Environmental Protection Agency offered an update on Allen County’s Superfund site cleanup last week.  Since the EPA began to sample soil in the area in 2006, crews have tested 2,955 properties and remediated the…

The annexation of a property into the City of Iola may be reversed. Council members recently discovered the property at 519 S. Ohio was no longer in need of its previous annexation. The property was…

Iola Reads offered a chance to meet Moose, a trained therapy dog that looks like the dog featured in this year’s children’s book selection, the “Ranger in Time” series, at the Allen County Historical Society…

Bernie Blevins offered a lot of words of wisdom: Always eat dessert first. Pretend every day is your birthday. Stand up for the little guy. Don’t take anything too seriously. And, especially: Be generous. If…

Christmas came early for the crew at Sigg Tire and Repair in Iola.  The group of seven mechanics have been gifted a trip to the world-famous SEMA automotive trade show in Las Vegas. The gift…

Iola celebrated Halloween Thursday with variety of activities. Throngs of youngsters flocked to Iola’s Riverside Park for the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Trunk or Treat, the first time the event has been held at…