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Out with the old and in with the new. The City of Iola is revamping the format of its utility bills to an estimated 5,000 customers. The post card is being replaced with a single…

YATES CENTER — Three individuals in Missouri are facing charges of terrorism and aggravated criminal threat for a threat that prompted Yates Center schools to close one day early for spring break. The Yates Center…

Public Works Director Mitch Garner promised Allen County commissioners he’d have good news to share Tuesday morning, and he delivered. Garner revealed the Allen County Airport will receive an injection of $664,500 from state coffers.…

HUMBOLDT — New “Welcome to Humboldt” signs could be in the making thanks to Allie Utley, granddaughter of the late Dick Davis, baseball historian and founder of Humboldt’s Walter Johnson and George Sweatt Fan Club. …

HUMBOLDT — After just three months in business, a Humboldt restaurant announced Tuesday it was closing because of issues with the building. Shooky’s Good Eats will offer its last days of service on Friday and…

Change isn’t easy. And Tiffany Koehn has seen a lot of it in the six years she has worked as an administrator for Iola schools. Koehn came to Iola in 2018 to serve as Jefferson…

Iola City Council members approved a request Monday evening to assist with water fees in Humanity House’s community garden. Georgia Masterson of the non-profit requested the city provide $1,000 of free water at the garden.…

It’s the kind of timing that makes you wonder if greater forces are at work. Ron Nelson traveled to Iola from his home in rural Bonner Springs on Friday to deliver refurbished bicycles to Humanity…

Progress continues on the 25-acre site where a new PrairieLand Partners’ facility will be located at the northwest corner of U.S. 169 and Oregon Road.  Iola annexed the land in early 2023. PrairieLand Partners plans…

Allen Community College should invest $12 million in technical education programs within the next two years to be successful in a changing education landscape, administrators told the board of trustees earlier this week.  The board…