City Council members approved a two-year contract Thursday to hire Carl Slaugh as Iola’s next city administrator.Slaugh, retired city administrator from Basehor, is replacing Judy Brigham, who will retire in September.Slaugh, 63, will be paid…

Former Humboldt resident Mary Magdelene Auburg “Dutch” Stevenson, 92, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute.She was born on May 29, 1919, in Tell, Texas, to Fredrick and Ruth (Spinks)…