A pair of visiting drama instructors from the Missoula Children’s Theatre look to turn as many as 60 youngsters into actors next week. The MCT production requires roles for “The Tortoise Versus The Hare.” Any…

When a Blue Mound Christian church was in need of a band, a handful of women stepped up to the plate.  Nine women now play in the Christian Strings band. Thursday they were at the…

The status of the newest addition to student housing at ACC, the “six-plex,” was discussed at Thursday night’s meeting of Allen Community College trustees. The apartment building has been under construction since spring and is…

Thursday night Allen Community College took another step toward getting itself ready for the coming school year. The Board of Trustees covered ground in a variety of areas from reorganizing the officers of the board…

  Tucked away in a far corner of the Iola High School basement is an assortment of trophies, some dating back more than a century, doing little more than collecting dust. A lack of space…

To the editor: I don’t know about anyone else in Iola, but I am tired of (Ken) Rowe and (Kendall) Callahan trying to send my tax dollars or other monies I pay into the city…

Yesterday, Congressional Republicans voted unanimously to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act which is President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement. They didn’t offer — much less approve — replacement health care reform legislation, despite the…

In their final home swim meet of the summer, Iola’s Seahorses hosted Humboldt Swim Team Wednesday. The two Allen County swim teams had a strong competition in the waters of Iola Municipal Pool. Iola Swim…

Over the past few years the Bowlus Fine Arts Center has been refurbishing its doors. With the exterior doors finished, the interior doors are getting some much needed maintenance.  Utley’s Auto Body has been working…

Dennis Hastert mixed healthy doses of civics and history lessons into a political rally Wednesday. Hastert, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was in Allen County during a fundraiser for Iolan Judy Brigham,…