The struggle to fix water leaks that have persisted since Allen County Regional Hospital was constructed in 2013 will enter into a legal mediation phase. ACRH Board of Trustees members discussed the ongoing problems with…

Allen County commissioners will poll employees as to whether they think implementing health savings accounts would be a desirable benefit.  Commissioners directed County County Alan Weber to provide the necessary information to department heads. The…

Work is in full swing to clear out a portion of what used to be Country Mart in Iola’s shopping plaza on North State Street. Noal Barnes and Jake Mitchell of Foulston Construction, Wichita, figure…

The Iola Middle School boys basketball team played host to Osawatomie Monday evening and walked away with two wins while barely missing out on a third.  The eighth-grade JV started things off since the Trojans…

For all intents and purposes, the United States re-opened for business Monday afternoon when the U.S. Senate voted 81-18 for a short-term spending measure that extends to Feb. 8. To obtain the necessary bipartisan support,…

Donna Snouffer, formerly of Idaho Falls, died Dec. 14, 2017, in Boise, Idaho. She recently moved to Boise for health reasons and to be nearer her daughter. She was born May 9, 1932, in Colony,…

Lynda Maddox, 54, Osawatomie, passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Olathe. She was born July 11, 1963, in Iola to Harold and Eula (Culbertson) Leslie. She graduated in 1981 from Iola High School,…

Venita Faye Roush, 67, LaHarpe, passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, following a brief illness of pneumonia. She was born May 17, 1950, in McPherson, to Carl and…

Good hygiene and strict wellness policies have kept local flu-related school absences to a minimum, area officials said. Absences remain low at the schools in Allen County, despite reports of increased flu activity across the…

The health and well-being of the students of USD 257, the implied subject of every board of education meeting, was moved front and center at Monday’s powwow.  To begin, the board voted to engage the…