Rec Sports: Youth Soccer April 26 3rd-5th Grade League Iola Insurance Associates 3, A&B Cleaning 2 Insurance: Harper Desmarteau, Kale Godfrey and Isaiah Trester – one goal each. A&B: Austin Crooks and Lucas Maier –…

To Your Good Health Dear Dr. Roach: Last summer I went camping and ran out of clean water. I had to boil water and drink it without any treatment tablets. That evening, I had painful…

Tell Me About It Dear Carolyn: My husband and I adopted a dog that does not like strangers; he is in intensive training and part of that is having strangers over to our house to…

Extension Agent for Agriculture Spring weather has finally arrived. As spring temperatures rise, farm pastures begin to green up. I am happy to help you become more productive by visiting you on your farm or…

The key to a healthy diet today is to eat a variety of foods including grains, milk, vegetables, meat and fruits — all in moderation. In spite of this widespread consensus to eat in moderation…

Local recipients of this year’s Built Ford Tough FFA Scholarship Program will be donning purple in the fall. Twin Motors Ford owner Tim Henry, center, presented $1,000 scholarships Tuesday to Iola High School’s Isaiah Wicoff,…

Cooper Jaro will donate $2,000 to fund improvements to the Allen County Fair buildings. The money comes from a Frontier Farm Credit – Parsons grant that Jaro wrote on behalf of Logan Pals 4-H Club,…

There’s a type of mind that, when it encounters a hardship in life, strives to escape it. But then there’s another turn of mind, too — the sort that drives right into the center of…

ATLANTA (AP) — Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North, the Marine at the center of the Iran-Contra affair three decades ago, was named president Monday of the National Rifle Association, giving it star power as it…

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The slopes of Kilauea offer a lush rural setting and affordable land that contrasts sharply with Hawaii’s more expensive real estate, but living on one of the world’s most active volcanoes…