Noon Thursday is the deadline to file as a candidate for the Allen County Commission First District position. That is the only local elective post that will be filled in the Nov. 2 general election.Dick…

Reaching your 10th anniversary as an Iola city employee could have been quite profitable this year.Ken Hunt, the city’s human resources director, told commissioners Tuesday that employees eligible for League of Kansas Municipality Awards —…

Iola has put into motion plans for an appeals process for business and residential applicants seeking property improvement tax breaks that had been denied.The plans were an-nounced at Tuesday’s city commission meeting after hearing from…

GAS — A truck owned by Gas and manned by city employees will collect trash in Gas and East Lawn starting July 6, and will collect every Tuesday thereafter. This is the last month for…

Thrive Allen County will screen the 2004 documentary “Super Size Me” on the south side of the Iola square at 9 p.m. Friday.The free film is a “fun activity for the family,” said Thrive’s Ruth…

Farmers who want to cut and bale grass growing on road rights of way may have at it.Bill King, director of Public Works, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning he hoped farmers would take advantage…

The Kansas public radio antenna on the tower outside Allen County’s Crisis Response Center, 410 N. State St., will be removed.The antenna is used to extend the broadcast range of KRPS, a non-commercial public radio…

Allen County commissioners agreed Tuesday morning to support a grant application for a new Humboldt community center with $50,000.County participation would be a combination of cash and in-kind contributions, such as materials, equipment and labor,…

Current enterprises that have located in Iola due to the courting of Iola Industries include Gates Rubber Company with 620 employees, Haldex Brakes, 160 employees, M&W Manufacturing, 20  employees, Cameron International, 65 employees, Russell Stover…

As Tuesday night’s thunder storm took center stage, so did former Gov. John Carlin as keynote speaker at the annual dinner of Iola Industries, Inc.Carlin, governor of Kansas from 1979 to 1987, delivered a speech…