Scores of supporters lined the streets around Iola’s downtown square Sunday morning for a sendoff of the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion. The Guardsmen were leaving Iola for a yearlong deployment to Kuwait…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prompted officials to scrub a public ceremony for the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion, which is leaving Sunday for a yearlong deployment to Kuwait,  Still, local residents will be…

Roughly 150 National Guardsmen in Salina are training for a yearlong deployment to Kuwait. Most of the Guardsmen are members of the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Battalion, whose headquarters company is in Iola. The…