Month: April 2018
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is begging lawmakers to approve a plan for increasing spending on public schools before taking their annual spring break. Schmidt sent a letter Friday to legislative…
Jean Still, 81, Iola, passed away on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Jean was the first of two daughters born to Ralph Ted and Vesta (Wilmoth) Kelly. She was born on…
DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: U.S. Bank National Association vs. La Tisha Carman, City of LaHarpe, mortgage foreclosure Tyler Trarbach vs. Kansas Department of Revenue, review of administrative hearing Jessica Cruz vs.…
Two new members, Karen Culver and Cindy Hess, were among the eight Wings of Warriors members who met at the clubs March meeting. Members discussed T-shirt sponsorships, one of the organizations primary sources of revenue.…
The Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City will host a spring blood drive from noon to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the John Silas Bass Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St. Blood donations are used…
Stepping On, a strength, balance and fall-prevention class sponsored by the Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging, will run from 10 a.m. to noon each Tuesday at the Iocal Senior Center, 204 N. Jefferson Ave.…
A laughing Jesus and a joking jester? Not the images youd expect to see in church on Sunday morning unless its Holy Humor Sunday. Wesley United Methodist Church, 301 E. Madison Ave., will host…
At Weeks End I had an epiphany this week. Coursing through TV channels on one of those rare evenings when I wasnt absorbed by a book, I ran onto one with 24 hours of outdoors…
Humanity House What can it be like to be a poor kid in Iola? There were five children in our family. When we moved to Iola, my parents bought a ramshackle house on the southeast…
Tri-Valley Developmental Services Today is a new day and a new era at Tri-Valley Developmental Services. We are rebranding ourselves. We are not the same agency we were 20 or 30 years ago. During the…
