It’s rush hour on a Friday evening in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, and Main Street is mostly empty, save for the rare truck or tractor. But inside one of the rough limestone buildings, Fly Boy Brewery…

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…

Sharpen your pencils.  Chances at winning $10,000 to improve your downtown business are available through the Backing Small Businesses grant courtesy of a partnership of American Express and the Main Street America program.  The grants…

HUMBOLDT — After just three months in business, a Humboldt restaurant announced Tuesday it was closing because of issues with the building. Shooky’s Good Eats will offer its last days of service on Friday and…

Two days a week, Richard Dudley, age 77, puts his handyman skills to the test as he assembles lawnmowers, barbecue grills, wood splitters and other items at Bomgaars Supply. His work is proof of just…

Allen Community College sophomore Hamza Wadi of Casablanca, Morocco, spent several minutes outlining an ambitious business proposal: Opening an American coffee and pastry shop in his home country, located near an American university to give…

Call it a “happy accident.” Jaydon Morrison discovered FFA thanks to a scheduling error. He unintentionally found himself taking an agri-science class when he first entered Iola High School as a freshman. He sat in…

School breaks are the perfect times for pre-teens and teenagers to earn some extra money by getting a job and with schools out for spring break and summer vacation, there will be an influx of…

Mike Maloney of Ray’s Metal Depot made quick progress demolishing Coronado’s Mexican Restaurant Wednesday morning. Owners of A&W Restaurant have purchased the property; plans are to convert it into a parking lot for the restaurant…

Friends and family of Tai Lee, holding scissors, gathered at Jo’s Men’s Grooming on Friday for a ribbon cutting organized by the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, marking a year since Lee’s barber shop opened…