The Iola Rotary Club presented Scott Brady, assistant principal of Iola Middle School, a check for $2,000 at the club’s Thursday meeting. The funds are to help sponsor a trip to Washington, D.C. for Iola’s…

Heather Luedke, a second-grade teacher at Iola Elementary School, was injured Thursday morning after being struck by a van in the school parking lot. Iola police officers said Luedke was crossing a driving path en…

WICHITA — Talk about your good first impressions. Iola’s Gabe and Myra Gleason, owners of Fillmore Coffeehouse and Plant Cafe, were recognized earlier this month by the Kansas Department of Commerce with a Merit Award…

A bizarre series of events led to the arrest of two people, after they were accused of attacking a police officer in Missouri earlier in the week. Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy said Brandon L.…

Starting next month, NextEra Energy Transmission Southwest is expected to start clearing trees for a new transmission line project that will connect a substation near Wolf Creek to one in southwest Missouri. It’s one of…

Michael Kaeshammer has invested a lot — countless hours at the keyboard, hundreds of recordings, thousands of live performances, millions of miles in the air and on the road — all in pursuit of a…

Plans for a Veterans Affairs clinic Iola have solidified a smidgen.  In a phone call Tuesday with Teal Munroe, an administrator with the VA’s Community Outbased Clinic program, confirmed the clinic is on track to…

Allen County will start small with a recycling effort, with commissioners offering to set up a cardboard collection spot at the landfill. Commissioners directed Mark Griffith, road and bridge director, to find some sort of…

MILDRED — It’s been a century since Mildred’s halcyon days. At one time, the little burg at the northeast corner of Allen County had a population of more than 2,000, with a cement plant that…

Farm-City Days Committee members were handed a proverbial lemon this month, when they learned there would be no carnival with this year’s celebration. They’ve turned it into lemonade, with a full schedule for Friday and…