“I’m growing worms,” Shawn Geffert chuckled as he thumbed through the soil on his acreage just north of Humboldt. The 42-year-old farmer has been awarded this year’s Kansas Bankers Association Soil Conservation Award. Looking at…

School is officially out for the summer, the kids are home and are eating mom and dad out of the house. If you are like me, my summer calendar fills up fast with activities and…

LAHARPE — There are a lot of resources available to help people. Stacy Jackman hopes they can learn more about those options at a Health & Resource Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday…

HUMBOLDT — Residents of the county’s second-largest city also have noticed higher utility bills, even though the city handles its utilities a little differently than Iola, Cole Herder, Humboldt’s city administrator, said. The city charges…

Tori Bland remembers when she realized her family was poor. Her parents tried to protect her from the harsh reality — they always had food and shelter — but eventually she understood her family couldn’t…

For almost as long as Kansas has existed, K-State Research and Extension has been here to help you and every other Kansan thrive. In the middle of this current challenge, that mission remains unchanged. With…

Because the COVID-19 virus is now so widespread, health officials are dealing with shortages of manpower and equipment for its treatment. One offshoot is that testing for the virus will be limited to certain segments…

Kansas State University provides you with research-based information through many avenues. Locally, your contact is the Southwind Extension District in Erie, Fort Scott, Yates Center and Iola.  Hundreds of publications and fact sheets written by…

Pipeline safety and awareness will be the focal point of local efforts, courtesy of a $1,000 grant from the Kansas Pipeline Association. Each year, KPA hosts more than 30 meetings across the state for emergency…