IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Basketball star Caitlin Clark has awarded $22,000 grants through her foundation to four Iowa charities that she said inspired her during her time at the University of Iowa. The recipients…

Members of the Prairie Rose 4-H club attended the 4-H Achievement Banquet on Nov. 6. These members received various awards celebrating their accomplishments throughout the previous 4-H year. The club also received a purple seal…

Humanity House accepted a $2,500 donation Thursday from Emprise Bank, of Iola, as part of a recent campaign. A single donor gave a generous $25,000 to the foundation with the stipulation it was to be…

Talk about stretching your dollars. A recent gift to the Humanity House Foundation came with the promise it would match other donations up to $25,000. That happened — and more. The fundraising effort garnered a…

HUMBOLDT — An open house celebrating the new quarters for the Humboldt Food Pantry, 908 Central, is from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 18. The pantry is managed by the Humboldt Ministerial Alliance. Refreshments…

From left, Donna and Kenyon Kaehr of the Iola Food Pantry stand with Peerless employees Jeff White, Dewey Stotler, Khrista Daum and Angel Kaufman. Peerless Products donated 532 pounds of food to the Iola Community…

A series of grants are helping to progress the mission of a local foundation in its efforts to combat poverty. Funds will allow Humanity House to hire a part-time director, a position that’s been vacant…

When the needs are so great, not everyone’s requests can be filled, admitted Georgia Masterson, interim director of Iola’s Humanity House.  Masterson learned in early September that a grant application to Health Forward, a Kansas…

County road crews are preparing for a busy summer. Mark Griffith, road and bridge director, told commissioners on Tuesday he plans to compile a list of summer projects to review next week.  He’s already been…

The Iola Community Pantry gave out food to 3,599 residents in need in 2022, roughly double the amount who needed assistance a year earlier, Pastor Kenyon Kaer noted Wednesday. “We can tell the economy isn’t…