Allen Community College’s baseball and softball teams were slated to have busy weekends on the diamond. Neither will, however, after both teams were ordered to quarantine because of COVID-19 protocols. The Red Devil baseball team’s…

Who’s up and who’s down as the 2021 men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament enters the round of 16: ——— UP: The Pac-12. When Bill Walton projected five teams from the “conference of champions” to make the…

UConn’s Geno Auriemma will be coaching in his 27th straight Sweet 16 on Saturday, but his first game in this women’s NCAA Tournament. Auriemma spent the first two rounds back home in Connecticut, self-isolating after…

MECOSTA, Mich. (AP) — For generations, Brian Sackett’s family has farmed potatoes that are made into chips found on grocery shelves in much of the eastern U.S. About 25% of the nation’s potato chips get…

Iola High School has released its honor rolls for the third semester. All A’s:  Seniors: Lorie Carpenter, Audrey Coltrane, Hannah Gardner, Riley Jay, Henry Lohman, Logan Preston, Sidney Shelby, Fayth Simpson, Dillon Slaven, Haley Smith,…

UConn’s Geno Auriemma will be coaching in his 27th straight Sweet 16 on Saturday, but his first game in this women’s NCAA Tournament. Auriemma spent the first two rounds back home in Connecticut, self-isolating after…

Iola will sponsor a Community Development Grant application for Tramec Corporation for a low-interest  $200,000 loan for product development. Tramec was established in late 1990 with the merger of three companies, Hose America, Trade America…

As a journalist, I appreciate President Joe Biden’s respect for the profession.  No more accusations of being “the enemy of the people” or purposefully producing “fake news.” On Thursday, the president gave his first full-fledged…

TOPEKA — A bill passed Thursday by the Senate allowing Kansas to print “Don’t Tread on Me” license plates came under scrutiny by Democrats for its association with a former slave owner. Under House Bill…

TOPEKA — A renewed effort by Gov. Laura Kelly to form a single Kansas agency overseeing social welfare programs by combining two state agencies was rejected Tuesday on the House floor. The governor’s reorganization would…