Iolan Amber Boeken, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Shawn Cook, faces an additional charge of  battering a corrections officer. Allen County Attorney Jerry Hathaway filed the felony charge this week in Allen…

HUMBOLDT — Austin Deer and Savanna Puckett pulled off the sweep of the two premier sprinting events at the Crest Invitational in Humboldt on Thursday. Each Marmaton Valley sprinter won the 100- and 200-meter dashes.…

The Cubs baseball team continued to roll along Thursday when it picked up a pair of home wins to run its record to 14-0 on the season.  It only took the Cubs a combined seven…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt softball coach Brad Piley wishes he could keep All-State pitcher Courtney Richey on his roster long past this season, but when he does lose the senior next season, it won’t be  like…

WELLSVILLE — The Fillies softball team has been all about having each other’s back all season. Never was that more evident than Tuesday night in Wellsville. After losing game one to the Eagles 14-4 in…

The Iola track team was able to pick up several placers in Tuesday’s Burlington Invitational.  The combination of Kendall Jay, Chase Regehr, Nathan Sprague and Braden Plumlee accounted for all of the medals that the…

It’s at times like these that the advantages of small town life come to the fore. While the tenor of state and national politics grows all the more rancorous and divisive, we can take solace…

Diligence in the classroom is paying off handsomely for a number of Iola High School seniors this year. The annual Senior Awards Night included tens of thousands of dollars worth of scholarships to the IHS…

The stars are aligning for a bang-up Bronson Day celebration Saturday. The weather forecast is for sunny skies and mid-80 temperatures, and the Bronson Ruritan Club has scheduled what President Dave Mathewson thinks is the…

WELLSVILLE — It wasn’t the end of the world. Iola had just been outplayed by a very good Wellsville team and Wellsville’s ace Tony Dougan was on the top of his game. There was no…