Lindt & Sprungli, the multinational chocolatier that owns Iola’s Russell Stover Candies factory, was recently awarded $33 million in a federal court trial, according to The Kansas City Star. The Switzerland-based company purchased Kansas City’s…

Russell Stover employees and an Arkansas woman who is an IHS alum, have paid the past-due balances for school meals for dozens of students in the Iola district. The candy factory employees raised $1,972.38, enough…

Lt. Gov. David Toland, a native of Iola, recalled efforts to bring Russell Stover Chocolates to the community. He spoke at a ribbon cutting on Thursday afternoon organized by the Iola Chamber of Commerce to…

A crash last month involving the transportation of Kansas state prison inmates to a work release program in Iola was due to drowsy driving, inmates told police. State officials instead blame winter weather conditions and…

Prospective workers by the hundreds converged on Riverside Park’s Community Building as Russell Stover Candies began accepting applications for employment. ***** Becky Nilges, president of Iola Area United Funds, gave plaques to five major contributors…

On Thursday, the Kansas Senate passed a bill that will provide $1 billion or more in tax breaks for large-scale industries that plan to invest here. It’s our hope the House does the same. The…

Rick Janes has worked with nuclear weapons, runs a farm for rescued horses, and he’s even invented not one, but two, cereal flavors. So what attracted Janes to Russell Stover Candies? “I love making candy,”…

The responses to a recent article about Allen County’s lack of affordable housing have been pretty pointed.  Low wages. High rents. Few dining or entertainment options. High taxes.  “Why would anyone want to live there?”…

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article reported that TCF inmate/workers are paid 60 cents an hour. That was incorrect. That is the amount they are paid for in-house labor at the Topeka Correctional…

After more than 10 years of economic growth — the longest expansion in 166 years — the wheels have fallen off the U.S. wagon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States officially entered a…