Iola Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Troop 55 and Pack 3055 helped replace roughly 300 worn or missing American flags for veterans’ graves at Highland Cemetery and Old Iola Cemetery. Among the volunteers are…

LAHARPE — Members of Cub Scout Troop 3055 and Boy Scout Troop 55 of Iola were busy Saturday planting trees at the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility. The trees, donated by Josh Oberley of Modern…

A roundup is set for 6:30 to 7:30 Tuesday at Iola’s Calvary Life Center (the old Calvary United Methodist Church) at 118 W. Jackson Ave. Boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited…

Local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts took part in a flag retirement ceremony in a scout campout in LaHarpe over the weekend. The Scouts incinerated several torn and battered flags. Doug Northcutt of LaHarpe provided…

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Pack and Troops 55 of Iola presented their new Charter flags Monday during a ceremony at the LaHarpe Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. As the Scouts’ charter organization, the VFW…

HUMBOLDT — A little research, loads of persistence and an abundance of teamwork have helped preserve two pieces of Humboldt history. Thomas Young, a Humboldt High School senior working on his Eagle Scout badge, helped…

Iola Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Troop 55 serenade passersby from the Allen County Courthouse bandstand with Christmas carols Tuesday evening, braving a cold north wind in the process.  Pack 55 will host a…

Iola Boy Scout Pack 55 will host a roundup for interested Cub Scouts at 6 p.m. Jan. 10 at Calvary Life Center, 108 W. Jackson Ave. Parents and youngsters from kindergarten through sixth grade are…

LAHARPE — Sometimes the important lessons are the ones that aren’t covered in instruction books. As a 25-year Boy Scout leader in one capacity or another, Barney Divine has helped teach everything from the proper…

The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law last month includes billions of dollars for conservation and forestry. Let me suggest a way to spend some of it: Buy Boy Scout camps. Get them while supplies…