Mother Nature finally relented, with periodic rains breaking a monthslong dry spell for area farmers. While it was enough to prompt area counties to end burn bans as dormant vegetation once again showed meager signs…

Iola City Council members will discuss plans to increase the city’s economic development investment at their meeting Monday. When drafting Iola’s 2023 spending plan earlier this year,  Council members increased the budget authority to $50,000…

Your Community Foundation has awarded $13,390 in grants to various community organizations to help fund efforts to fight hunger, promote local tourism, protect the environment and more. Board members Job Springer and Carla Nemecek presented…

Dr. Erik Unruh knew he wanted a career that would allow him to make an impact. He kept coming back to medicine.  “It’s not a secret that medicine can be challenging to navigate, both as…

Iolan Max Grundy is the proud owner of a 1934 model, 120-foot water tower, courtesy of the City of Iola. Grundy closed the deal Tuesday to purchase the abandoned tower, with the intention of turning…

More than 100 turkey and noodle meals were served Tuesday as LaHarpe Health and Wellness hosted a Thanksgiving dinner at City Hall.

She calls the effort “Thankful Thursdays.” The first Thursday brought in $200 for Wesley United Methodist Church’s hot meals program. The second Thursday’s tallies accumulated $300.25 for a splash park at Meadowbrook Park planned by…

Allen County Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith and the Kansas Department of Transportation said U.S. 169 near Chanute, which has been closed to traffic for reconstruction, is slated to reopen late Wednesday afternoon.

For years, sisters Pat Spencer and Maggie Barnett have helped decorate veterans’ graves at the Fort Scott National Cemetery during the Christmas season as part of the Wreaths Across America campaign. “We’ve been asked, ‘Why…

As impressed as the small crowd was Monday of the newest additions to the Allen County Regional Hospital grounds — a relocated gazebo and a nearly mile-long crushed limestone trail — it’s just as important…