Month: August 2010

Education is the key to defusing efforts by animal rights groups to radically change the ways the livestock side of agriculture functions, Dr. Dan Thomson said here Friday night.Thomson, an instructor in agriculture at Kansas…

HUMBOLDT — A man wanted on warrants in Neosho and Wilson counties led law enforcement officers on an extended chase north of Humboldt late Friday afternoon, before escaping by apparently crossing the Neosho River.Brian Dillow,…

Voylia May O’Brien Bowen, 86, died Tuesday, Aug. 3,  2010, at the home of her daughter, Lia Bowen Franson, in Tulsa, Okla., with the assistance of Good Shepard Hospice. She was born on May 7,…

Juanita V. Crouthers, 81, of Iola died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, at Allen County Hospital.She was born Sept. 28, 1928, in Allen County, to Rudolph Fred and Ellen Florence (Smoot) Scheer. She attended school in…

Larry Edward Korte, 59, of rural Iola died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, following a farm accident.He was born March 5, 1951, in Emporia, to John Henry and Margaret Rose (Burenheide) Korte. He grew up on…

Members of Iola’s Church of Christ welcomed the Rev. Norm Morgan as their new minister on Aug. 1. He was serving a church in Junction City prior to coming to Iola.Morgan has served as a…

When he first started in education 35 years ago, Paul Upshaw vowed he’d retire when he was 59.“I’d seen too many people decide to retire, wait another year, and then another year, and the first…

Dave and Nancy Hermreck, Garnett, and Wayne and Cindy Powell, Iola, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Candace Hermreck, Garnett, and Keith Powell, Iola.The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Anderson County…

I want to publicly thank the fire station crew and the staff of the Allen County Hospital who have given me such kind and excellent care since I fell in my home on Aug. 17.Thank…

Getting a buck to buckle up beats the dickens out of paying a fine for not wearing a seat belt, particularly if you live in Iola and fail to strap on your safety harness every…