A new group in Allen County aims to promote thoughtful dialogue on current issues and bring intriguing guest speakers to Iola. The Allen County Blue Dot Club — a monthly gathering of pro-democracy citizens — is…

Iola Elementary School fifth-graders celebrated at Thursday’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) graduation ceremony. Lanie Mileham, Emma Wilson, Olivia Appling and Augustus Cook were chosen to read their essays. Others honored for  their essays were…

The best “whodunit” mysteries keep you on your toes to the end, stories that zig when you expect them to zag, leading viewers to believe they’ve solved a riddle, only to have the rug pulled…

Though they’re still moving in inventory, store manager Dale Lalman says the new PrairieLand facility is open for business. The 25-acre site at the northwest corner of U.S. 169 and Oregon Road is home to…

(Note: the article has been edited to reflect a correction on the time of an upcoming groundbreaking ceremony. The event will be at 4 p.m. March 5 at the ACC campus in Iola. The prior…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt city council members gave provisional approval to a request to expand the Middle of Everywhere festival Monday evening. Damaris Kunkler of A Bolder Humboldt presented the council with her request: to host…

While there have been some obstacles along the way, USD 257’s esports program is up and running. Ben Prasko, the district’s technology director, and esports club sponsor Chris Belknap discussed the program at Tuesday evening’s…

A hitch in the mail service has delayed delivery of utility bills for several Iolans this month. Iola City Council members were told the bills were apparently stuck in a postal facility in Kansas City…

Iola City Council members expressed a willingness Monday to see the city set up a land bank program. A land bank is essentially a collection of community-owned abandoned, vacant or otherwise foreclosed properties that could…

Allen County Commissioners are looking for ways to better prioritize county road work. During Tuesday morning’s meeting, Commissioner David Lee recommended forming a citizen-led committee to assess which roads were in need of attention. “As…