Powell Insurance Agency, 111 South St., in business in Iola for more than 100 years, has been sold to Marion and Shirley Houk of Moran. Owner John Powell said he sold so he could do some traveling in retirement. The Houks also own an agency in Moran where the family has been in the business since 1928.
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The rest stop on U.S. 75 five miles north of Yates Center will stay open and be maintained from now on by Woodson County due to efforts made by that county to save the facility.
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High school graduation requirements in USD 257 will be increased by two credits beginning with the graduating class of 1988, school board members decided last night. That year’s graduating seniors will be required to have one additional social science credit and one more lab science course. All Kansas high schools now require 17 credits for graduation and the class of 1985 will be required by state law to have 20 credits. IHS currently requires 19 credits. That will increase to 21, or one credit beyond state requirements.
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John W. White, Humboldt, has been reappointed administrative judge of the 31st Judicial District by the Kansas Supreme Court. The district includes Allen, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties.
