Humboldt voters passed a $3.35 million school bond issue in Tuesday’s election, 631 to 615, and agreed to close the Zillah Middle School, 636 to 609. The bond money will be used to build a…

As night falls in Cottage Grove cemetery, that’s when the screams begin. Old settlers used to claim there were panthers in the woods nearby, enormous cats with claws and fangs that move on deathly silent…

When Judy Baker first learned she’d received a grant for $8,609 to expand the school district’s free summer food program, she wondered how she could spend it all. “I figured I had six weeks’ time,”…

HUMBOLDT — B&W Trailer Hitches in Humboldt is taking extra precautions and suspended a small portion of operations after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The company learned of the employee’s test result Friday, B&W…

HUMBOLDT — At this stage, Superintendent Kay Lewis suggested there are more questions than answers regarding what the fall term will look like in USD 258. However, a number of meetings and plans are coming…

HUMBOLDT — “Base Camp.”  In recreational terms, a base camp is where adventurers gather to prepare for an activity or recuperate afterward. It’s a staging area. A gathering spot. A home away from home. In…

40 Years Ago Rep. George Works of Humboldt announced today he would again be a candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives’ 10th District seat. Works has represented the 10th District in Topeka for eight…

The weather is heating up, and so are the sales at the Allen County Farmers Market. Sales run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday on the east side of the courthouse square in Iola, from…

HUMBOLDT — Since The Growing Place Childcare Center & Preschool opened in Humboldt in 2005, its leaders kept a sort of “wish list” of improvements. An indoor play area — where kids could run around…

HUMBOLDT — Lower sales tax receipts and sales of gasoline have forced Humboldt city commissioners to stall the plan to improve city streets, they said at their meeting Monday night. Even with the additional half-cent…