GAS — A new playground toy called an Orbitron costs about $2,500. A device quite similar will be installed in Fees Park on the west edge of Gas at a fraction of the cost.City Superintendent…

Rebuilding U.S. 54 from Iola to the east edge of LaHarpe later this year will involve more than just ripping up the old pavement and pouring nine inches of new concrete.Bill King, director of Public…

Trustees of the new Allen County Regional Hospital accepted a gift of $800,000 Tuesday night from members of the Uniting for Excellence Hospital Campaign.“I am overwhelmed,” said Ron Baker, chief executive officer of the hospital.The…

Many peoples’ day-jobs have stresses and challenges. Reed Timmer’s day-job takes him into the eye of a tornado.“It’s important to follow your passion,” Timmer said. “Mine is weather.”But he is no meteorologist.Timmer, a storm chaser…

After two months of searching, USD 257 has found its new superintendent, Jack Koehn.Koehn will be taking over for Brian Pekarek who turned in his resignation mid-January. Pekarek’s contract ends June 30 and Koehn will…

Don Shelton Sifers, 79, passed away Dec. 24, 2012, at his home. He was born Feb. 1, 1933 in Kansas City, Mo., to Earl Iba Sifers and Elizabeth Shelton Sifers. Don grew up in Iola,…

Gene David Sauder, 77, Le Roy, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.Gene was born Jan. 10, 1936, on the family farm in Coffey County, the son of Chester Arthur…

Robert Logan West, 91, Colony, passed away peacefully in the presence of his family at Anderson County Hospital on Saturday, March 9, 2013.Robert was born Aug. 9, 1921, on a farm in rural Colony, the…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt will improve one park and create another.Council members agreed Tuesday night to have a pond cleaned and deepened on a four-acre tract given the city by Excel Corporation after it constructed senior…

Equipment for Humboldt’s new school track was approved for purchase at Monday night’s USD 258 board of education meeting. Lou’s Sporting Goods, Fremont, Neb., won the bid to provide a pole vault kit at $13,739;…