The gift-giving spirit of the holidays visited three area non-profits, courtesy of the Health Forward Foundation. Thrive Allen County, the City of LaHarpe, and Hope Unlimited each received substantial grants to help enhance their outreach. …

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…

It must have been an insightful lot who chose the name Humanity House for the non-profit organization, because right now, they’re banking on donations to pull them through.  It’s been since the first of July…

Tracy Call, the founder, driving force and for the past seven years the face of Humanity House in Iola, has retired. Yes, really. Call’s retirement as the organization’s executive director became official Wednesday. Her replacement…

Representatives of Thrive Allen County, Allen Community College and the Health Forward Foundation had a ribbon cutting event on Friday for a new trail around the campus. The 1-mile trail was made possible by a…

Allen County Farmers Market sites are up and going. Thursday’s session begins at 5:30 p.m. on the east side of the courthouse square in downtown Iola. On Saturday, vendors will be on the downtown square…

Armed with new funds, Thrive Allen County is taking steps to provide better health care services to low-income residents — in particular those who are home-bound or lack transportation. The three-year, $60,000 grant from the…

The Allen County Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation is all revved up. Now, the members are looking for someone to take along for the ride. The Wings of Warriors assists local cancer survivors through a…

LAHARPE — The community is eyeing additional exercise equipment and an improved kitchen at LaHarpe City Hall. LaHarpe City Council members gathered in a special meeting Monday to discuss a pending grant application through the…