The path has been cleared for construction to begin on new ambulance barns in Humboldt and Moran. Allen County Commissioners approved a construction contract Tuesday with Koehn Construction Services to serve as general contractor for…

Darrell and Travis Baughn and Dan Rider sort through equipment and go through old pictures in the current Allen County Rural District No. 2 Volunteer Fire Department, which sits on the outskirts of Iola. For…

Crews with Ray?s Metal Depot began demolition Monday of four houses in the 400 block of East Jackson Avenue near Iola High School. The first to be demolished was the former Cook house. The houses…

This is the first in a series of articles about the properties sold to USD 257 to build a new science and technology building at the Iola High School campus on Jackson Avenue.   Holidays…

Allen Community College trustees met last week to form a planning committee as they start taking steps to build a new activity center. Brian Counsil, who serves as Vice President for Finance and Operations, said…

The finishing touches on the 59th, and final, turbine comprising the Prairie Queen Wind Farm in northern Allen County should be done by the end of today. The milestone will trigger a shift in getting…

Build higher, build stronger ? it pays off big in Kansas. Disaster mitigation investments in Kansas yielded more savings than efforts in any other state, a new study found. The Pew Charitable Trusts listed Missouri…

As the completion of several renovation projects neared, administrators at Allen Community College knew something special was taking place. Everything was ahead of schedule and, more importantly, it was under budget. The school is gaining…

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Construction is scheduled to begin this fall on a wind project in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. Liberty Utilities-Empire District announced Thursday the Missouri Public Service Commission has approved the project,…

(This is second in a two-part series about the U.S. 169 rebuild south of Iola. For part 1, see here.)   When the shortest distance between two points is closed, drivers will find creative alternatives.…