Jimmie Foster is optimistic that veterans’ needs will remain a top priority in Washington, D.C., regardless of whomever is in charge.Foster, national commander of the American Legion, made an appearance Thursday in Iola, part of…

MORAN — Consider Michelle Heskett impressed, if not a bit freaked out.“Look at his eyes,” she said, as she points to her newest creation, depicting a cowboy with his double-barrel shotgun aimed and ready to…

Leona M. Gerritzen, 91, died Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. She was born Jan. 9, 1919, in Olmitz, to Joseph and Christina (Schenk) Jilg. She was married to Louis Gerritzen. The couple farmed in the Piqua…

Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether to increase a countywide sales tax by 1⁄4 of a cent to go toward a new Allen County Hospital.Members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee address questions about the…

Effective Dec. 1, I am retiring from the clinical practice of cardiology and will no longer see patients at Allen County Hospital. My practice partner of six years, Dr. Michael Lloyd, FACC, will continue to…

To my Allen County friends and neighbors.Imagine after great thought and consideration you have decided to build yourself a new home. You and your family have outgrown your current home and for your family to…

What a perfect day we had for Farm-City Days. Not too hot or cold. There is a situation that I and many other people agree on. We have a good number of disabled people who…

Iola High’s Fillies found out Wednesday they are the No. 7 seed in Saturday’s 2010 Kansas Class 4A Substate Volleyball Tournament.The Fillies and the other six area high school volleyball teams received substate brackets Wednesday.…

On their night and in their final home match, sophomores Andrea Miller and Nicole Rockhold had a great night on the Allen County Community College volleyball court.Miller matched her uniform number from the service line.…

The opportunity to reach the Kansas Class 4A playoffs is right there for Iola High’s Mustangs.But standing in the Mustangs’ way are Anderson County High’s Bulldogs and Prairie View High’s Buffalos. The Mustangs (0-7) have…