Iolan finds work after 15 months, 280 applications The past 15 months have tested Bob and Becky Gill. Their marriage, their self-confidence, their trust in mankind.It’s been since February 2009 that Bob has been looking…

Tuesday’s primary elections served up food for political rumination:How will extremists fare in November? Watch Nevada’s senate campaign. Sen. Harry Reid, majority leader of the Senate, will face Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle, who won…

The Clyde Gerdsen Memorial Sonic Open Horseshoe Tournament is Saturday at Iola’s Riverside Park. The tournament is hosted by the Riverside Horseshoe Club.It is the club’s annual sanctioned tournament. It will be held at the…

Iola Swim Team  kicked off the 2010 summer season with a home swim meet against Independence Wednesday.The Seahorses had a strong start to the season. It’s a season with three more home regular season meets…

Derek Schmidt, who has represented Allen County in the Kansas Senate for the past 10 years, formally filed Wednesday as a candidate for attorney general.Schmidt had announced in September his intention to seek the office.Schmidt,…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe is a step closer to once again having a local police presence.LaHarpe City Council members Wednesday scheduled a special meeting next Wednesday to interview two finalists among seven applicants to become the…

Like the proverb, Kathryn Ronay began a thousand-mile journey with a step out her door.Ronay prepared for the Camino de Santiago, a European walking trek, by hoofing about six miles a day from her home…

 Margaret (Hendrickson) “Peg” Bundy, 89, of Waverly and formerly of Burlington died Monday, June 7, 2010, at Sunset Manor in Waverly.She was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Phoenix, Ore., to Joseph and Della (Hicks) Hendrickson. As…

— PAID OBITUARY — Mr. John Lee Nichols Jr., 85, 504 Siler Pl., Elizabethton, Tenn., went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, June 6, 2010, on his eighty-fifth birthday following a brief illness. He…

Former governor John Carlin urged young people to get deeply involved in politics in a speech he made in Iola Tuesday night, which is reported at greater length starting on page one. “They need to…