Month: April 2013

Iola High’s baseball and softball teams will begin Pioneer League Tournament play Thursday.The Mustangs will play at Allen Community College’s baseball diamond, regardless of their opponent. The Fillies will open the tournament on the road.Matchups…

The Iola Middle School personal finance team has garnered a state championship after attending the state meet in Wichita on Wednesday.Isaiah Wicoff, Olivia Taylor and Jon Miller competed for IMS by taking different qualification tests…

Gates Manufacturing is an Iola success story, said Mark Cooper, plant manager. Current employment is 715 with a payroll of up to $30 million.Cooper was the guest speaker at Friday’s See, Hear Iola forum in…

Mill and overlay projects for 2013 are under way and crews are working to replace surfaces on some of Iola’s most travelled roadways.The project, which is being contracted through a bidding process by Se-Kan Asphalt…

Discussions for merger of Iola and Allen County ambulance services seem on firmer ground than ever before.At the conclusion of almost two hours of sub-committee discussions Monday evening, negotiators within the two services — Iola’s…

The Allen County Historical Society and Iola Public Library have partnered to sponsor a presentation by Ron Wilson on Tuesday evening.Wilson, the director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State…

The annual Relay for Life raised $36,500 at the Recreation Community Building in Riverside Park Friday night and Saturday morning. “Our deadline isn’t until June, and with additional fundraisers the total will grow,” said Deb…

Rotary isn’t just a group, it is a way of life — at least that’s what any full-fledged Rotarian would say.Before each meeting Rotarians recite the Four-Way Test, better viewed as the Rotarian’s creed.First, is…

HUMBOLDT — Members of Humboldt’s Downtown Action Team want to place the town’s landmark bandstand placed on the state’s registry of historic sites.There’s a catch.State law restricts exterior improvements of any building within 500 feet…

Having a purpose in life is what kept Emerson Lynn getting up each day long after most people retire. He liked to feel useful. So it was fitting that when he died last week at…