Though things may look in disarray, Steve and Gail Norman, owners of Normans Printing, want people to know they are “downsizing,” and not going out of business.  The Normans have until the first of May…

Allen Community College will spend up to $12 million to build a new Career and Technology Education (CTE) facility and maintenance shop. The goal is to attract more students by offering in-demand career training programs.…

Allen County Commissioners made quick business of a light agenda Tuesday morning. In Commissioner Bruce Symes’ absence, commissioners David Lee and Jerry Daniels approved a donation of funds for LaHarpe Day. Representing the City of…

HUMBOLDT — Local high school students would like to see more recreational opportunities such as an arcade venue and a disc golf course as well as fast-food restaurants, Humboldt Council members learned at their meeting…

Why did the chicken cross the road? Perhaps to move inside of Iola’s city limits. Support for allowing the ownership of chickens in town was on full display at Monday evening’s council meeting.  “By a…

Iola school board members are so confident the Kansas Chiefs will win a third consecutive Super Bowl, they’re already planning to give everyone the next day off. OK, so the Chiefs may not win every…

Sunday evening we drove to the small town of Doniphan, Mo., a town of about 1,700 near the bootheel of Missouri, to watch the total solar eclipse.  I chose Doniphan because it had a riverside…

Iola Elementary School students enjoyed a sunny but windy day for its annual spring carnival on Saturday. Students played games and won prizes, enjoyed train rides, met the Easter bunny and visited food truck vendors.

Sunny skies across Allen County allowed students and others to enjoy a near-total solar eclipse, while millions of spectators across the U.S., Mexico and Canada watched as the moon passed in front of the sun…

Discussion will continue at Monday evening’s Iola City Council meeting concerning the allowance of chickens within the city. Proposed language for an ordinance to allow chickens in single-family residential zones will be presented to the…