Iola can be a wondrous place for people young and old, Becky Nilges notes. Just how wondrous is up for debate, one Nilges hopes to spark with the “8 Wonders of the Iola Area” campaign.…

Fall and winter are usually the seasons when people put on a few extra pounds. It’s cold, people eat heavier foods and stay indoors more. Thrive Allen County will help battle that tendency with its…

Area middle and high school students sat through a different type of lesson Tuesday.  It was noisy and lively. Sometimes funny, sometimes not. A group of singers performed “Stand Up! Change Teen Statistics” at the…

Replacing a bridge over Indian Creek just west of Geneva will cost about $740,000, Bill King told Allen County commissioners Tuesday. “That’s the engineer’s estimate,” said King, director of Public Works, of the project that…

In between a pair of tragedies 70 years apart was an idyllic piece of farmland in southern Allen County. The farmstead, owned by Bob and Betty Becker, was destroyed in Thursday’s raging grass fire that…

This month’s “See, Hear Iola!” will be Friday at the community building at Riverside Park.  The meeting will begin with audience participation with a series of quirky questions rewarded with prizes. The featured speaker is…

DeeDee Martin told Allen County commissioners Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department wanted to expand services it offered in Allen, Anderson, Bourbon and Woodson counties. Martin, co-interim administrator for nursing, and Sara  Frederick, co-interim administrator for…

Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon when he hopped about for a camera on that July day in 1969, deserves the kind of greatness accorded to pioneers. With the Olympics fresh in…

ARMA — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats and Crest High’s Lady Lancers competed in the Three Rivers League Tournament hosted by Northeast High in Arma Saturday. The Wildcats and Lady Lancers were in the same pool…

HUMBOLDT — Daryl Drake posted his first feature race victory of the 2012 season at Humboldt Speedway Friday. Drake outran the rest of the 16-car field to win in factory stock division. An early unassisted…