Month: January 2012
Iola officials will look into whether the city can end its agreement to purchase wholesale electricity from the Kansas Power Pool sooner than the two-year notice they recently provided the consortium. Iola City Council members…
A joint committee that will take a close look at operations and finances of ambulance service in Allen County may have as many as nine members. A five-year agreement for a moratorium on ambulance discussions…
In its second appeal to county commissioners, Allen County Animal Rescue Facility may get funding when commissioners meet next Tuesday. Ray Shannon, an ACARF proponent, asked commissioners Tuesday for a $50,000 grant to ease financial…
CHANTUE — Allen County Kids Wrestling Club’s Mat Warriors competed in SEK Jr. Comets tournament in Chanute on Saturday. Seth Sanford took first place in the 12-and-under 190-pound class. Sanford also took the 12-and-under fastest…
LE ROY — Ranked teams from two different classifications hit the court here Tuesday night. Three of the four quarters were just what fans wanted — close. But Olpe High’s Eagle girls rocked their hosts,…
MORAN — Relentless pressure and a will to battle back late wasn’t enough for Marmaton Valley High Tuesday night. The Wildcat boys’ basketball team narrowly fell to Frontenac High’s Raiders 61-56. A promising start had…
GARNETT — A quick start did not translate into a victory for Iola High’s Fillies Tuesday, losing 30-27. Coming back off the holiday break, Fillies’ head coach Becky Carlson thought her team was ready to…
GARNETT — Iola High Mustangs’ “bigs” came to play Tuesday night. In the six earlier season games, it was guard play that made things go for the Mustangs. Against Anderson County High’s Bulldogs, it was…
Ruth Adella Sellman, 97, mother of Charles Sellman, Iola, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at Simi Valley Hospital in Simi Valley, Calif. Sellman also is the mother of Gloria Snyder, Simi Valley. Cremation has taken…
Bernard T. Gull, 90, Kincaid, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at Midland Hospice in Topeka. Cremation is planned and inurnment will be held at a later date in Colorado.
