With several big-ticket items looming on the radar, Allen Community College trustees pulled the trigger on a handful of major capital projects Tuesday. The biggest — replacing the roof of the main Iola campus building…

At a recent community conversation in Iola, attendees noted they’d like to see greater collaboration among the various governing bodies who make the day-to-day decisions for the community. Becky Nilges was listening. Nilges, chairwoman of…

Iola High School’s “Honk, Jr.” is dedicated to the kids picked last for a football game, the ones who bring weird foods for lunch, the teenagers who lose sight of who they are as they…

Sheena McGhee snapped this photo of the Aurora Borealis between Colony and Le Roy Tuesday night. Rare geomagnetic storms made the Northern Lights visible to much of the continental United States, even reaching as far…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Council members agreed to renew the city’s insurance plans for health, dental and vision at their meeting Monday evening.  Health insurance premiums increased by 10% and dental by about 9% for next…

The local school district’s financial report passed with flying colors according to USD 257’s annual audit. Neil Phillips, CPA with Jarred Gilmore & Phillips, walked school board members through the report at their meeting Monday…

More than 200 potential job openings are up for grabs as employers and prospective employees gather for a job fair Thursday at Iola’s Riverside Park. The event — scheduled in the wake of Gates Corporation’s…

Iola’s Adopt A Child campaign, one of the community’s largest charitable endeavors to assist needy families with Christmas gifts, will assist more than 200 children in 2025. Through Adopt A Child, donors purchase a couple…

County commissioners certified the Nov. 4 general election results at their meeting Monday. Of the nine provisional ballots reviewed, two were disqualified. One because the voter was registered in another county and the other lacked…

LAHARPE — Nicole Henry hopes to host a few folks for Thanksgiving this year — 150 of them. Henry, manager of the LaHarpe Senior Center, is stepping forward to put together a community meal on…