Just as he’s hitting his stride, Jonathon Goering, Thrive’s economic development director, is leaving his post.  Though it’s a bittersweet decision for Goering, he’s already putting a positive spin on it.  “When I come to…

When I joined the Works family 53 years ago, they had a Christmas tradition of going to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Every Christmas Eve, we would meet at Uncle Jack and Aunt Marguerite’s home…

For as long as any of the local Kiwanis members have been a part of the club, they’ve helped coordinate the annual bell ringers for the Salvation Army. It’s been a successful venture, too, with…

Some of the best Christmas tales are spooky stories. Think: “A Christmas Carol” or “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” You can add “The Colbern County Radio Broadcast Interruption: A Modern Ghost Story” to that list. It’s…

A rollicking good time filled the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Tuesday evening as Iola Elementary School’s kindergarten and first-grade classes presented their winter program under the direction of music instructor Kate Vernon.

Barbara and Herschel Perry were known for their love of pets, especially cats.  In fact, Herschel would often trap feral cats and dogs, pay to have them spayed or neutered, and release them back into…

Back in September, representatives of LaHarpe’s Veterans of Foreign Wars post invited area veterans to learn about benefits to which they are entitled, but possibly know nothing about. Therese Yetzbacher, a VFW member and service…

After hearing from local residents, Allen County commissioners decided not to allow a late bidder for a project at the Humboldt Senior Center. The county plans to remodel a building on the property for use…

CHANUTE — Matt Godinez, executive director of the Chanute Regional Development Authority has taken a position with the State of Kansas, according to the Chanute Tribune. Godinez, however, will remain with the CRDA in a…

There are times when a little noise in the library is perfectly acceptable. Lesa Cole, youth services librarian at the Iola Public Library, watched with content as the gaggle of preschoolers flocked to the newest…