Iola has been the “host” team for an SEK Swim League Championship meet, but Saturday will be the first time Iola Swim Team holds the league championships in its own pool.“We were the host team…

Accountant Rodney Burns handed Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning a “worst case scenario” budget for 2011.The budget was for net expenditures of $13 million supported by a property tax levy of 79.398 mills, 15.885 mills…

Only a vote by Allen County commissioners remains before they decide to pursue a new Allen County Hospital.While all signs point that way, commissioners have yet to make the endeavor official.Tuesday morning commissioners met with…

Jared Ellis is rarely at a loss for words — until he’s asked to describe his music.His songs, Ellis said, don’t necessarily fit into a single genre. Some sound as if they’d fit right in…

Lowen Allen “Chip” McDonald, 63, Buffalo, died Sunday, July 18, 2010.He was born May 5, 1947, in Fay, Okla., to Edgar and Elaine McDonald, the oldest of six children. The family lived in Oklahoma and…

Janice Kay Hoffman, 66, a resident of rural Fort Scott, died Friday, July 16, 2010, at Via Christi Health Center in Pittsburg.She was born Oct. 25, 1943, in Moran, the daughter of Hiram Burl “Pat”…

Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands are the happiest countries in the world, according to a Gallup Poll scientifically designed to measure how content individuals are with their lives.All five are wealthy countries, proving…

Allen County Kids Wrestling’s Mat Warriors is holding a men’s slow-pitch softball tournament July 30-31 at Iola’s Riverside Park.Entry fee is $125 per team. Entry deadline is July 27 and all fees must be paid…

HUMBOLDT — The Show Me Late Models Series was featured at Humboldt Speedway Friday night.There was plenty of action on the local dirt track with the running of Humboldt Speedway’s four regular classes of cars.Randy…

The drill area of the Funston Memorial Armory, 1021 N. State, will be transformed into a commissary similar to those on large military installations for nine hours on Aug. 7.Grocery items will be brought from…