Month: July 2017
The 2017 Allen County Fair hit high gear Thursday and continues non-stop through the weekend with a plethora of activities at the fairgrounds at Riverside Park. Above, Dude and Dudette, two of the ornerier critters…
Sen. John McCain’s speech Tuesday afternoon before his Senate colleagues would have been more impressive had he practiced what he preached. Instead, he voted for a health care bill he had yet to read, yet…
Mildred Gurwell, 65, Moran, died Thursday, July 13, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Private services will be held at a later date.
Edith B. Hardesty, 96, Garnett, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Garnett. Burial will be at 2…
The first round of the American Legion AA State tournament, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed until today after early afternoon rains in Marysville left Feldhausen Field unplayable. First round games that were originally…
Work is slated to begin on a new entrance and plaza alongside the east side of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, the largest such construction project since the Bowlus was built more than 50 years…
Disappointments tend to linger. Especially in the sports realm. In the spring, the Iola High School baseball team fell in the first round of the state tournament. Last summer, the Indians went to state with…
Allen County commissioners displayed leadership Tuesday when they kept the county’s future as their goal and decided to help an area hotelier set up shop in Iola. Commissioners OK’d an investment of $167,500 to purchase…
Funeral services for Patricio Madrid, 45, Kansas City, Kan., will be at noon Saturday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Garnett. Burial will be at noon Monday, at Colony Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made…
Velvia Viola Pearman, 89, McPherson, died at her home Sunday, July 23, 2017. She was born in Allen County on Oct. 5, 1927, the fourth child of Raymond Uriah and Bertha Viola (Colgin) Jackson. She…
