Bob Coleman, director of ANW Cooperative, painted a dire picture of the special education program’s finances to members of the Humboldt Board of Education Monday night. The state is supposed to fund 92 percent of…

Nothing in life is free. Starting next year USD 257 will enforce a food service policy that prohibits high school students to receive an alternative meal if they have a negative food account balance. Over…

The time has come for the city to decide whether it wants to keep Iola Public Library’s Flewharty-Powell Annex or yield it to some other entity, library director Roger Carswell told Iola City Council members…

HUMBOLDT — Neil Phillips had some stern words for city council members here Monday night. “Your (budget) fund balances are dangerously low,” said Phillips, with the Chanute auditing firm of Jarred, Gilmore & Phillips.  To…

Despite the warning the city is darn near close to violating state law, Iola city council members refused to ask Iola residents to pay a proposed additional $20 a month on their electric bills or…

WICHITA — Despite the rain, the Special Olympics took place over the weekend at Cessna Stadium on Wichita State University’s campus. Irene Smith helped chaperone the trip for seven participants from Iola and two from…

Adam Kauth will be seeing double after signing his letter of intent to attend Bethel College as a two-sport athlete and double-major. Kauth will run 110-meter high hurdles and 400-meter intermediate hurdles for the track…

The weather on Saturday followed the same blitzkrieg pattern of storms seen for the better part of a week, driving the Day of Giving event from the Iola square to the shelter of the old…

Keen Umbehr thinks voter dissatisfaction with both political parties may provide him with a track to the governor’s mansion. Umbehr, 55, Alma, is the Libertarian candidate for Kansas governor, having been nominated in late April.…

It was a night of remembrance and hope at the Allen County Relay for Life Friday at the Iola High School gymnasium. Organizers exceeded their goal of $45,000 by raising $49,277.51 for the American Cancer…