Kent Thompson filed for re-election Tuesday to the Ninth District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. A lifetime resident of Allen County, he is a Republican and lives in rural LaHarpe. Thompson was appointed…

 Alana Kinzle brought a detailed plan to Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning for a garden park that would enhance the Veterans Wall on the south courthouse lawn, complete with benches and “eventually a fountain.” Kinzle…

Representatives of Allen County, Iola, USD 257 and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will meet next week to look for common ground in funding of Bowlus’ operation and activities. “I think it’s a great idea,”…

MORAN — It has been a long season for the Marmaton Valley baseball team. Entering Monday’s doubleheader with Uniontown, the Wildcats were 0-10 on the season and game one against the Eagles provided no sign…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley’s softball team has been able to find ways to win all season long and they have stayed above .500 for the entire season. When it looked as if their winning record…

USD 257 Board of Education convened a public forum Monday evening in which they informed a gathering of about 60 of their intention to seek guidance from the Allen County District Court regarding the school…

MORAN — For those who assume today’s youth have lost touch with traditional skills, they haven’t met Brady Newman. Newman, 18, is a craftsman with wood.  And last week, the Marmaton Valley High School senior…

Iolans will have an opportunity to embrace more comprehensive recycling at the Rotary Club’s every-other-month paper drive on May 14. Cardboard and aluminum and tin cans also will be accepted for the first time, said…

Arron Lee Oswalt, 44, of Iola, died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Arron was born April 14, 1972, in Iola, the son of Danny Lee and Golda Marie (Fletcher) Oswalt.…

Frank Heimberg, 73, formerly of Humboldt and Iola, died Monday, April 25, 2016, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Frank was born April 3, 1943, in Humboldt, the son of John J. and Alice Alma…