Betty Mae Wrestler, 71, of Elsmore died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011.Betty was born on June 20, 1940, in Humboldt, to Orian and Gertrude (Voss) Galemore. She attended Humboldt High School.On April 29, 1957, she married…

Guess where the latest opposition to the crackdown on illegal immigration is coming from. The Wall Street Journal, that’s where.Saturday’s edition featured a quarter-page editorial titled, “The Other Jobs Crisis.” Not the 9.1 national unemployment…

Moving into first place with a 4-1 win Sunday, Iola Soccer Club’s A-team has one more game in its 2011 SEK soccer league season.Iola turned a close game, tied 1-all at halftime, into a win…

Tryouts for the third season of Allen County Aces Volleyball Club action are Sunday, Nov. 13.There are tryouts for five age groups — 13-and-under, 14-and-under, 15-and-under, 16-and-under and 17-and-under.There is a $10 tryout fee per…

Momentum has Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats rolling into the second round of Kansas Eight Man Division I playoffs. The Wildcats have won six games in a row.Marmaton Valley is one of the final eight teams…

Iola City Council members will meet in a special session Monday to discuss the sales tax ordinance the city approved last year to support construction of a new Allen County Hospital.The city provides a quarter-cent…

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Lt. Col. Shawn Manley, installed this summer as commander of the National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion, will deliver the keynote address at the Nov. 12 Veterans Day celebration in Iola.Manley has been a member of…

Allen County’s three-school-district team has likely come up short in its quest for a share of $1 million U.S. Cellular is giving to U.S. schools.During the telecommunication company’s Calling All Communities contest, which ran from…

Left untouched for a century or longer, a number of tombstones at the old Iola Cemetery on the west edge of town had begun to tilt or show other signs of disrepair.The city has taken…