HUMBOLDT — Humboldt City Council members authorized a change Monday in its neighborhood revitalization plan, provided other taxing agencies in the county agree.Humboldt plans to offer tax rebates for improved properties in its downtown business…

HUMBOLDT — That Humboldt may have to spend $13,000 to repair a machine the city still owes $20,000 on didn’t sit well with City Council members Monday.At issue is the city’s skid steer machine, which…

Trees and brush were wrestled out of the Neosho River west of Iola Monday.The work was done by a Kansas Department of Transportation crew to lessen risks of damage to piers supporting the bridge that…

USD 257 might face budget cuts before the 2010-11 school year concludes, Dr. Craig Neuenswander, superintendent of schools, told board members Monday night.Neuenswander said Dale Dennis, financial expert with the State Board of Education, had…

Iola High School athletic teams will have one more year to compete in the Southeast Kansas League. USD 257 board members voted Monday night to join the Pioneer League for competition in the 2012-13 season…

Waltraud “Trudy” Gagne, 70, of Iola died Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at Moran Manor.She was born Aug. 3, 1940, in Hunfeld, Germany, to Ludwig and Lina Schlitzberger. She grew up in Germany.On July 22, 1960,…

Wilburn E. Ludlum Sr., 96, longtime Moran resident, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Vintage Park in Ottawa.He was born Feb. 6, 1914, in Elsmore to Harvey and Emma (Olsen) Ludlum. He grew up on…

Leonard Clarence Cox, 75, of Iola died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita.He was born April 23, 1935, to Clarence and Beulah (Ford) Cox.Most of his life he was…

Here’s a classic case of a left hand pulling while the right hand pushes: Dairy Management, a creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is very successfully increasing the consumption of cheese in the U.S.…

ARKANSAS CITY — Challenging the top-ranked volleyball team in NJCAA Division II on its home court was not going to be easy. But Allen County Community College’s Red Devils were going for broke Saturday in…