Ashton McIntyre, Iola, and Brandon Birk, Gridley, were united in marriage on Nov. 23, 2013, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Iola.The wedding took place at 5 p.m. and was officiated by Trudy Kenyon Anderson…

Every October ends with a Major League Baseball team being crowned the champion of the league. For baseball fans, it’s the best month of the year. For Little Leaguers around the country, including southeast Kansas,…

Serge Ibaka is a post player for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, known for his ability to keep the ball out of the basket. He averaged 2.7 blocks a game last season. His younger brother,…

After 16 years of manufacturing tow bars — an essential piece of equipment for recreational vehicle enthusiasts — Tod Westervelt is expanding.Westervelt, owner of NSA RV Products, Inc., opened the doors to his new store…

MORAN — Dosha Walters has to laugh every now and then.“Otherwise, I’d just cry,” she said.Walters, her fiance, Preston Andres, and her 16-year-old son lost their home and all of their belongings in a mobile…

Simple and transparent, that’s how Humboldt musician Riley Herder likes to describe himself and his music.Herder, 21, fell in love with music as a youth. He grew up with it and his family encouraged him…

Steven Greenwall, Skip Kreibach and his wife, Nancy, all have something in common: they’re all award-winning artists. But to only tell the story of their similarities would be a great injustice. It is their differences,…

In the 1960s Viola Staley was on a first-name basis with every Allen County male on or shortly after his 18th birthday. Staley held sway at the draft board in a second-floor office on the…

I was caught off guard last week when a great-aunt from Colorado asked if she could be our house guest come mid-August to participate in Kansas Dialogue.I was unaware of Iola’s role in the upcoming…

Fizz! Boom! Pop!Area children are learning about chemistry at a science camp at Allen Community College this week. The camp is a collaboration between Iola Public Library and the college.Kids tested a variety of experiments.…