Month: July 2017

Iola’s Kansas Department for Children and Families service center, which administers welfare benefits to local residents in need, will close this fall. The 15 staffers received a letter earlier this month from Rob Estell, east…

Erin Klubek remembers all too well early forays at the Allen County Fair. She joined the Square B 4-H Club almost on a lark, because a few of her friends had decided to restart the…

For the second year in a row, the Post 15 Iola Indians have punched its ticket to state.  After suffering through a championship game where almost nothing went their way, Iola got back on track,…

When I first became interested in baseball, along about the time the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City in 1955, if you were a serious fan you didn’t need a scorecard to know who played…

On Tuesday, three women derailed the Senate plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They held that power because the women are Republicans who bucked their party’s leadership. All three, Shelley Capito of West Virginia,…

Charles Manley “Charlie” Peterson, 83, Iola, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Windsor Place in Iola. He was born Sept. 2, 1933, in Savonburg, to Hans and Faye Peterson. He grew up on the…

It look nearly 50 years for Joyce Tarter to find her siblings. Her biological father, Pat Kloeckner, had met Joyce’s mother during World War II in California.  Their romance was brief, ending after Joyce’s mother,…

Rotary Day in the Park has shifted to the midpoint of the Allen County Fair this year. The fair kicks off Thursday and Rotarians will hold sway on Saturday with their “Smokin’ Hot Cars &…

A good student, a stellar athlete, a dancer, articulate, funny, polite — it isn’t fair that Emilia Wilkerson is also an accomplished 4-H’er with a slate of top-quality projects in the works for this year’s…

The fate of a proposed hotel on the east edge of Iola may be settled in August, when City Council members decide a request to help a developer purchase land for the site. Bill Michaud…