Construction at the new elementary school is reaching a new phase — a more secure phase. Fencing, gates and other security measures are being installed around the construction site. The building is nearly enclosed and…

School board president Dan Willis bounced up and down with the excitement of a child as he showed off the gymnasium at Iola Elementary School. “This is probably the biggest elementary gymnasium in Kansas,” he…

Construction of a new elementary school may be getting most of the attention these days, but there’s still plenty of work to be done on other aspects related to the 2019 school bond issue. They…

A group tasked with taking care of Allen County’s hospital facilities approved two major remodel projects, even though the $1.6 million total cost was about 50% more than expected. One project will convert the former…

LAHARPE — Don Settlemyer’s teaching career began in early January, when he took the helm of the construction trades class at the Regional Rural Technical Center. But in reality, Settlemyer has been a teacher all…

Juan Carlos Mendez-Alvarado died of natural causes while working at the new elementary school construction site, Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said. Mendez-Alvarado’s body was found the afternoon of Jan. 31 in a portable restroom…

Two separate remodel efforts for county-owned health care facilities might need to share a contractor, as local construction companies appear too busy to meet a tight schedule. A hospital facilities board, which oversees maintenance and…

If everything goes according to plan, motorists will again be able to travel unimpeded east of Moran on U.S. 54 in March, once a railroad overpass work has progressed sufficiently. Crews are scheduled to place…

Progress on the new Iola Elementary School will depend on COVID-19. School board president Dan Willis gave board members a construction update on Monday night. About 100 workers are on site at the elementary school…

TOPEKA — A fledgling association of construction contractors led by two political lobbyists is developing a plan to persuade the Kansas Legislature to make an unprecedented seven-year, $315 million investment to shrink the academic building…