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Iola High School students who are homecoming candidates are, front from left, Braxton Curry, Chloe Sell, Ally Ellis, Miah Shelby, Maci Miller, Jenna Curry; back row, Drake DeLaTorre, TJ Taylor, Brett Willis, Colin Long, Tyler…

Leanna Flory, LaHarpe, brought home both local and state recognition for a poster contest sponsored by LaHarpe’s Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6324. Flory’s poster, depicting servicemen saluting the American flag,…

The building housing Westco furniture on North State Street will be restored, according to Tom Benton, a real estate developer and rancher out of Grand Junction, Colo. Benton owns the strip mall that includes the…

Carl Slaugh isn’t ready to give up. He believes it’s not too late to mend the relationship between the city and county when it comes to the ambulance service. Slaugh, a City Council member who…

Construction crews utilize large cranes to erect metal beams on what will become a raw materials storage facility at Monarch Cement in Humboldt. When finished, the new building will cover more than 96,000 square feet,…

Iola High’s Elanie Sturgeon, foreground, leads a small group of runners around a bend at the Humboldt Municipal Golf Course Tuesday as part of a cross country meet co-hosted by Iola and Humboldt high schools.…

There’s a lot to like about a plan to start a land bank in Allen County, but commissioners were taken by surprise by a proposal from Thrive Allen County and said they have too many…

It’s about time to make a decision on who will help the county disperse $2.4 million in federal relief funds. Commissioners plan to take some time Monday to discuss administration of the American Rescue Plan…

Robert Poydack pulls no punches as he looks out upon the 14 hangars and the concrete taxiway and runway that, at 100 feet wide and 5,500 feet long, seems to vanish into the far-off horizon.…

The return of the Buster Keaton Celebration to Iola also means the return of a special treat for the Iola community — a rediscovered short film that came back to the screen in Iola in…