Robin Schallie has resigned her position on the Allen Community College Board of Trustees. Schallie declined to go into specifics regarding her decision, announced Tuesday at the trustees’ monthly meeting, other than to say she…

TOPEKA — For a second time, members of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved a measure to create Lehigh Portland State Park on Monday afternoon.  The committee revisited the issue after “a…

Iola should have a city flag, local artist Max Grundy says. Grundy, who purchased Iola’s old Elm Street water tower in 2022 with plans to convert it into a one-of-a-kind Airbnb, spoke Monday with City…

Iola is the new owner of a brush truck that officials say will greatly enhance the city’s ability to fight grass and brush fires.  City Council members approved Monday the purchase of a 2017 Skeeter…

Supporters of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will need to get creative to entice visitors to return to shows. Attendance at the performing arts center has not recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and in fact…

Rep. Fred Gardner, R-Garnett, is settling into his seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. The freshman legislator has introduced a bill to add the Lehigh Portland quarry and trails to the state park system,…

Katie Yoder is a few short, but extraordinarily busy, weeks from crossing a mighty to-do item from her bucket list. Yoder seeks to open 620 Athletics in Iola by mid-April, fulfilling her lifelong dream of…

A Moran man is being held without bond in the Allen County Jail after he was arrested earlier this month on a warrant alleging 31 counts of possessing child pornography. Keith L. Levesque, 58, was…

Work to rebuild U.S. 54 through Iola is still a ways off.  City Administrator Matt Rehder figures designs won’t be ready for another year, at the earliest. But with the planning beginning to take shape,…

A Kansas House committee is expected to have another hearing Monday on plans for the Lehigh Portland State Park.  Rep. Fred Gardner said the agriculture and natural resources committee is expected to consider the bill…