For those living in poverty, extreme cold isn’t merely a nuisance; it can mean not being able to pay the bills. For those who are homeless, it can be fatal. Tracy Keagle, director of Humanity…

Humanity House is looking extra snazzy these days. The nonprofit recently implemented $25,000 in federal CARES Act/SPARK funds to give its facilities a significant makeover. Though Humanity House received the grant money given its designation…

Downtown Iola won’t shine quite as brightly this holiday season due to a decision by local “elf,” Tracy Keagle, to forgo decorating the courthouse lawn with an array of colorfully lit trees and a giant…

Several organizations earned a significant boost to their local efforts Monday from Your Community Foundation.  Humanity House received $1,500 to help stock their food pantry and $1,500 for their Holiday Food Baskets, while Humboldt Trailhead,…

Nine hundred boxes of produce were given out Monday morning in LaHarpe as part of a USDA-sponsored food giveaway program. The food came from Liberty Fruit Company and was handed out by volunteers to scores…

When Judy Baker first learned she’d received a grant for $8,609 to expand the school district’s free summer food program, she wondered how she could spend it all. “I figured I had six weeks’ time,”…

Humanity House founder Tracy Keagle learned a lot about cooking from her grandmother, Inez Brewington.  As a child, she spent many afternoons in her grandma’s kitchen in south Iola near Elm Creek and not far…

After successful fundraising efforts for food pantries in Humboldt and Iola, a new effort is aimed at helping provide food for the rest of Allen County and its domestic violence shelter. Allen County GROW is…

Allen Countians were in a giving mood Tuesday, with food donations in a pair of locations. The Rev. Tom Waters, representing the Allen County Area Food Pantry, accepted several cases of non-perishable food items from…