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…

The concept of a land bank will be the topic of a roundtable discussion at Monday evening’s Iola city council meeting. A land bank is a community-owned entity established to acquire, manage, and repurpose vacant,…

Debbie Bearden laid bare the facts before Iola City Council members Monday evening: in order to continue, the Allen County Farmers Market needs help. “The Farmers Market has to have staff to carry out the…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The St. Petersburg City Council reversed course Thursday on whether to spend more than $23 million to repair the hurricane-shredded roof of the Tampa Bay Rays’ ballpark, initially voting narrowly for…

HUMBOLDT — Though Humboldt residents Rex Heape and Greg Kaufman attended Monday’s council meeting with the purpose to complain about what they feel is runaway spending, they perhaps left feeling their local tax dollars are…

LAHARPE — A vacancy on the LaHarpe City Council remains open so that discussions on the six applicants can continue. Council members declined Wednesday to vote to ratify Mayor Mae Crowell’s appointment of Angela Barker…

According to city officials, tonight’s Iola City Council meeting has been canceled due to a lack of a quorum. All agenda items will be carried over to the next regular council meeting on Tuesday, May…

LAHARPE — The LaHarpe City Council is seeking someone to fill a vacancy. Council member Austin Lee will vacate the seat effective May 31 because he is moving outside the city limits. He was first…

The City of Iola is taking steps to fill an empty seat on the city council, vacated by Mark Peters during Monday’s meeting. Peters announced his resignation at the end of the council meeting, citing…

Discussion will continue at Monday evening’s Iola City Council meeting concerning the allowance of chickens within the city. Proposed language for an ordinance to allow chickens in single-family residential zones will be presented to the…