In hopes of attracting more students, Allen Community College will switch to a four-day week next fall. A survey given to students and faculty showed more than 70% wanted a four-day schedule. Students, both online…

Students in Doug Kerr’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) class at Iola High School helped install steps for the gazebo at Allen County Regional Hospital Thursday morning. Kerr said Karen Gilpin with the hospital’s Auxiliary…

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an earlier article. An attempt to serve a warrant at an Iola residence ended with a man’s death from a self-inflicted gunshot.  The incident lasted several hours…

Allen County employees will receive a 4% cost of living adjustment (COLA) wage increase at the beginning of the new year following a unanimous vote of approval by county commissioners Tuesday morning. Commissioners had been…

The Iola school board wants to see if there’s any chance to improve baseball and softball fields at Riverside Park before looking to build elsewhere.  It’s a tall order that would require a solution to…

“Watching the children’s delight,” is Chamber Director Robin Schallie’s favorite part of Iola’s annual Christmas Block Party. Whether it be visiting Santa, riding on the Kiwanis train or being treated with cocoa and cookies, the…

Jay Young served as the keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Southeast Kansas Soil Health Conference at Green Cover Seed on Wednesday. Young spoke to a large crowd about regenerative agriculture in dry environments, getting…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Find the complete version of this article here or in Thursday’s print edition. An attempt to serve a warrant at an Iola residence ended with a man’s death…

Iola Council members agreed to postpone for one year any decision on rebuilding U.S. 54 Highway through town. The project had been set to begin this spring, but new cost estimates put it beyond their…

Iola High School is hoping to land a hydroponic container farm.  Leafy Green Farms of Pittsburg set a goal to establish a hydroponic farm at one high school in every Kansas county, starting with Southeast…