The estimated costs of new consoles for county dispatch came in $34,000 under the proposed budget request of $100,000. Chelsie Decker, 911 Director, presented the Allen County Commission with estimates from three different companies to…

Killing two birds with one stone. This was the idea behind Mammoth Sports Construction’s presentation at Monday evening’s joint meeting of the Iola City Council and school board.  Riverside Park poses flooding issues for the…

Iola school board members agreed to take the next step to improve Riverside Park and pay half the cost of a design plan for flood mitigation, but expressed concern about the total cost of the…

Fun and games kept festival-goers of all ages occupied in the summer heat Saturday with the annual LaHarpe Days celebration.

Ham radio enthusiasts gathered at Riverside Park Saturday for their annual Field Day.  It’s an opportunity for ham radio operators to practice skills for responding to an emergency and make contact with stations across the…

It could have been worse, as in longer or later in the day.  Even so, the late-morning power outage in Iola and nearby areas had residents anxious about how long it would last. Turns out,…

Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable was a recurring theme at Thursday’s meeting of the Allen County Democrats.  Realizing they are a minority in a Republican-dominant state, Democrats must forge ahead in engaging in meaningful conversations,…

ROSWELL, N.M. — As wildfires displace thousands in a New Mexico village, a former Allen Countian is working to help with recovery efforts. Brenda Lee, daughter of Bob and Beverly Johnson of Humboldt, described the…

From outdated boilers and chillers to crows that won’t leave, Allen Community College trustees learned about some of the challenges in maintaining facilities during a tour Wednesday morning. Ryan Sigg, maintenance director at Allen, led…

“Massive” is an appropriate word to describe the new PrairieLand Partners’ facility at the northwest corner of U.S. 169 and Oregon Road. As construction continues on the 25-acre site, the vision of the new store…