Marjorie Fay Crotts, 97, Le Roy, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at the Life Care Center, Burlington. She was born on March 8, 1916, in Burlington, to Claude S. and Sarah Pearl (Hicks) Morris.…

Carl Hafer, 70, Iola, passed from this life to eternal life with Jesus on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013.Carl was born Dec. 11, 1942, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Carl Frederick and Elizabeth (Baket) Hafer,…

I wonder if a no-vacancy sign ever is placed on the door leading to the brain’s compartment where memories are stored.Sights, sounds and smells have a way of triggering memories that have laid dormant, sometimes…

The best part of my job is interviewing strangers. I appreciate how they welcome me into their homes with no hesitation. They let me ask all kinds of nosey questions, trusting that I’ll use discretion…

“I love doing for the Lord,” Mackenzie Weseloh, a bubbly Iola High student, told Iola Rotarians Thursday. “It’s so much fun.”She and Karlie Lower gave their impressions of a mission trip Wesley United Methodist Church’s…

In room 101 at Iola Middle School, eighth grade English students separate into two teams, team Charlie and team Algernon. Their teacher, Anthony Herrick, passes out mazes to the two teams and tells them they…

COLONY — Jane Ward’s mixed berry pie most likely was snatched up quickly at today’s Kincaid Fair. It took first place at both the Le Roy fair and at Colony Day’s competitions in the last…

Mother Nature, fickle gal that she is, teased farmers this week, but could make a huge hit if she were soon to cut loose with a good rain.“We need a rain,” to keep soybeans on…

COLONY — Crest Middle School’s football team scored early and often against a physical team from St. Paul Thursday.Leading the charge was Gage Adams, who rushed for 170 yards and four touchdowns, while returning a…

PLEASANTON — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball and football teams came home victorious Thursday from a triumphant visit to Pleasanton.The volleyball team picked up wins in the A-, B- and C-team contests.The A-team swept Pleasanton,…