GARNETT ? Every day brings a surprise to Yoder?s Country Store. Staffers never know what they?ll find when they open a box of items to put on the shelf. It might be cans of pickled…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers and more than 300,000 students affected by an 11-day strike returned to classrooms Friday amid a tentative agreement that ended the walkout and is expected to shape education in the…

Helen Louise Alumbaugh, 77, of Moran, passed away Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita. Helen was born Sept. 9, 1942, in LaHarpe to Archie and Marie (Lantz) Rosebaugh.  Helen graduated from…

Donna Sue Cason, age 65, of Iola, passed away, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at Windsor Place of Iola. Donna was born April 11, 1954, to Donald Witt and Doris (Bledsoe) Nimmo in Springfield, Mo.  Donna…

Hazel Lucille Laver, formerly of Humboldt, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at age 98½ years, at Parsons, where she had lived the past three years. She was born April 19, 1921, to Harry Earl and…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: USAA Federal Savings Bank vs. Kevin W. Howard, mortgage foreclosure State of Kansas ex rel DCF vs. Kevin R. LaCrone, other domestic Riley R. Laymon and Crystyl…

Arrest reported Iola police officers arrested Jake Ard, 37, Iola, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated Thursday morning in the 10 block of South Jefferson Avenue.   Pedestrian hit An unknown motorist was backing from…

Halloween meant colorful costumes at ANW Elementary Day School in Iola, with Batman joining other assorted characters, and at Moran Manor. Halloween meant colorful costumes at ANW Elementary Day School in Iola, with Batman joining…

As a kid, Gary Larson left Humboldt’s First Baptist Church each Sunday as if he were walking on eggshells. “I was scared,” Gary recalled. “There were all these rules,” warnings couched in fire and brimstone.…

Iola High School’s cross country team was given a rousing sendoff Friday afternoon. Both teams of Mustang and Fillies runners are in Wamego today for the Class 4A State Cross Country Meet. Full details from…