About 20 people were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, as severe storms dumped an official 4 inches of rain overnight, though locals recorded easily double that amount. Emergency…

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will install new light towers on the U.S. 169 and U.S. 54 interchange at Iola this week. The highway shoulders will be closed at the work zone with minimal…

Work is expected to be completed in three weeks, weather permitting. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has started work on a concrete pavement patching project on U.S. 169 in Allen County.The work zone is…

Two people were sent to metropolitan hospitals following a two-vehicle accident just north of the Humboldt turnoff on U.S. 169 Thursday evening. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported Jasper Delay, 19, Chanute, was southbound in…

A pair of light towers at the intersection of U.S. 169 and U.S. 54 at the east edge of Iola will soon be replaced. The Kansas Department of Transportation announced in a press release Wednesday…

The owners of a downtown coffee shop plan to open a drive-thru coffee business on U.S. 169, northeast of the city.  Gabe and Myra Gleason, with partner and landowner Jenn Chester, plan to break ground…

An added section of U.S. 169 between Humboldt and Chanute will be closed to all traffic starting Monday. The Kansas Department of Transportation announced Friday that work to rebuild the highway will start between Delaware…

Allen County has spent months preparing for highway construction work south of Humboldt, which is now expected to begin in early August. When it happens, it will cause heavy truck traffic to travel on county…

Iolan Jaime Ellis 45, was one of two people killed in a Monday morning in a wreck on U.S. 169 near the Hawaii Road exit to Humboldt. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Gordon Lane, 62,…

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will begin a project to reconstruct and rehabilitate 7½ miles of U.S. 169 in Anderson County starting Monday.  The project includes the complete reconstruction of 169 from Welda north…