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Requests for county funding of shelters for animals and people were eyebrow-raising for Allen County Commissioner Dick Works Tuesday morning.Faith House, a shelter for homeless people in Chanute, asked for assistance of $3,000. Board member…

ACDC may become as familiar locally to adults as the band of that name is to hard-rock fans.Iola Industries wants to expand its reach to include all in the county, as it retools its approach…

Allen County Hospital trustees inched closer to settling on Oregon Road for a new hospital when they voted Tuesday night to approve up to $11,000 for new drawings of the hospital on the rural site.…

Charles E. “Charlie” Riley, 60, of Newton, father of Eric B’Hymer and Angie Tatman of Iola, died Sunday, July 10, 2011, at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday…

HUMBOLDT — Brian Dillow, Humboldt police chief, will be Humboldt’s cat wrangler.City councilmen agreed Monday night to purchase a carbon dioxide chamber to dispatch cats live-trapped and unclaimed. Disposal, done with the gas injected to…

More than 500 teachers flocked to Iola High School Monday and today to get a close look at common core curriculum, the new wave in public education.They attended a Kansas Common Core Standards Summer Academy,…

USD 257 board members and other school officials will have a goal setting session with Bill Majors, assistant executive director for the Kansas Association of School Boards, at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Iola Public…

Students who qualify for free and reduced lunches but don’t utilize the assistance program cost the Iola school district $2,000 per student per year. To make matters worse, the parents of these students renege on…

Iola City Council members will meet at least twice in the coming days to discuss the city’s 2012 budget.The council will meet at 2 p.m. Monday and July 19 with department superintendents about their proposed…