Thirty years ago
August 1988
10 The Iola American Legion Post 15 Indians won a first-ever American Legion Class AA state championship here Tuesday. The Indians jumped out early and rode the tide to a 6-1 victory over El Dorado in the title game. Its just a great bunch of kids, said Bob Johnson, Iola head coach. The Iola team finished the season with 37 wins and nine losses.
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12 HUMBOLDT St. Peters Lutheran Church will mark its 125th anniversary Sunday. Dr. Oswald Hoffmann, speaker on the Lutheran Hour, a radio ministry, will speak. The Rev. Arlin Alpers has been the pastor for the past 14 years. The church has had three houses of worship since it was established in 1866. The present church, at 10th and Amos, was dedicated in 1959.
