A program that provides free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds in USD 257 will receive full funding as it prepares for its third year. Jenna Higginbotham, curriculum director who oversees the preschool program, told…

Iolans likely will be asked to pay a shade more each month in gas meter and usage fees to help replenish a dwindling gas utility fund. City Council members gave their reluctant endorsement to a…

HUMBOLDT — With the price of diesel fuel upward of $5 a gallon, Humboldt’s trash service provider, JKS of Erie, is requesting additional reimbursement. The city’s contract with Kenny Schettler, owner of JKS, states the…

A dozen Iola High School students cheered and celebrated as school board members agreed to spend $50,000 to replace outdated weightlifting equipment.  Weight teacher Mike Wilhelm and wrestling coach Jason Bates asked the board to…

For all of Reece Murry’s achievements and accolades on and off the softball diamond — and there have been a bunch — it would only be natural for her to have to overcome another roadblock…

Sage Barney was offered a choice not often afforded to high-schoolers her age. See, her family had been living in Michigan, but moved to her grandparents’ house in LaHarpe in the fall of 2020, when…

Happiness takes work, Becky Carlson told Allen Community College graduates Saturday. Carlson, whose hall of fame coaching career included earning her 500th career win earlier this year with Marmaton Valley High School, was tapped as…

Crest and Humboldt high schools had graduation ceremonies marked by traditional events and award presentations on Saturday. Graduations for Iola and Marmaton Valley high schools will be this coming Saturday.

Iola Middle School students, from left, Amos Rutoh, Joshua Wanker and Benjamin Fager, play during a Practice-A-Thon on the Square on Saturday as a fundraiser. Students collected pledges for each hour they practiced. Donations are…

A 78-year-old LaHarpe man was arrested this afternoon on suspicion of killing his next-door neighbor. Dale Maloney was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of Richard Diehl, 68, whose body was found…