Wilda May Schornick (nee Johnson) passed away on Friday, Dec. 1,  2017, of heart failure at her home in Yates Center. She was born in Reading, the daughter of John M. Johnson and Marguerite Gray…

Raymond K. “Pete” Ericson, 87, Elsmore, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at Guest Home Estates in Erie. Pete was the third of three children born to Earl and Agnes (Applequist) Ericson. He was…

Emprise Bank donated $25,000 Wednesday to Allen County Regional Hospital, and in so doing, will get a treatment room named after the bank in the hospital’s emergency ward. Taking part in the donation were, from…

LAHARPE — An ordinance prohibiting residents from bringing old mobile homes into town deserves a closer look, LaHarpe City Council members agreed Wednesday. Council members heard a request from Michael and Tisha Maloney, who hope…

HUMBOLDT — Walter H. Wulf Jr., long-time president of The Monarch Cement Company, has relinquished his role. The company announced via press release Wednesday that Wulf submitted his resignation Dec. 1 at the company’s board…

The third-ranked Yates Center boys are undefeated heading into the break after a 65-47 win over Southeast-Cherokee on Tuesday.  The Wildcats are 5-0 and are the last remaining unbeaten team in the area.  Yates Center…

After getting their first taste of defeat Tuesday night in their Pioneer League opener at Burlington, the Iola boys are out to make it right again in their home opener Friday night versus Prairie View. …

Allen Community College will soon welcome the largest architectural upgrade and building renovation project its Iola campus has seen since its creation nearly 50 years ago. And it will do so without raising tuition on…

Not one to waste an opportunity, France’s president Emmanuel Macron has taken advantage of President Donald Trump’s denial of climate change by luring 13 of America’s top scientists to France.Under a program called “Make our…

Allen County’s Red Devils closed out the first half of their season with two losses at Independence on Saturday.The Allen County women fell 88-42.Independence doubled-up on Allen in the first quarter scoring 20 and holding…