What I remember most is the silence. She was 19 years old, just starting her first semester of college. She had been transferred to our level 1 trauma center, intubated and in a medically induced…

Prairie Dell 4-H met Sept. 6  at the Riverside Park Community Building.   Lainey Church led the club in singing “BINGO.” 4-H Council member Luke Wicoff reported 4-H officers’ training will be at 3 p.m.…

September is National Suicide Prevention month. Suicide isn’t something we actively discuss even though it is a serious public health issue that leaves a lasting impact on families and communities. Between 1999 and 2019, the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas legislator accused of kicking a high school student in the testicles pleaded guilty Monday to three lesser misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and was placed on a year’s probation…

Rose Mary Riley, formerly of Iola, will be 90 on Sept. 21. Her family is requesting a card shower. Her address is Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold, Room 111, Lawrence, KS 66044.

School board candidates for USD 257 will participate in a forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Foundry (formerly Trinity United Methodist Church).  A livestream will be available on Facebook, under Iola United Methodist Churches…

HUMBOLDT — With a nary a whimper, Humboldt city council members unanimously passed their 2022 budget Monday evening that retains its 93.742 mill levy. The city is sitting comfortably, City Administrator Cole Herder said, with…

Don Tatman escaped injury Monday morning when the riding mower he was piloting caught fire. Tatman had been mowing a lot near the intersection of State and Benton streets when he stopped to retrieve a…

A group of concerned parents and others returned to the Iola school district’s board meeting Monday to discuss mask mandates and new COVID protocols, offering passionate and occasionally heated arguments on the matter. It’s a…

Iola will go its own way for ambulance services in 2022. City Council members voted, 6-2, Monday evening to continue providing emergency medical services in Iola’s city limits, apart from the county ambulance system. For…