Month: August 2018
The Humboldt school district is considering forming a local trapshooting club that would be open to students in grades six through 12. In line with most other Kansas school districts that support a shooting team,…
Iola will spend $4,000 on a feasibility study to see if the city can afford to add solar power to its electric portfolio. City Council members voted, 6-2, to fund the study, in partnership with…
Starting Monday, the Kansas Department of Transportation plans to close U.S. 169 from the junction of U.S. 169/U.S. 54 at Iola south to Minnesota Road. The closure is expected to remain in effect for more…
Melvin E. Stierwalt Jr., 55, of Kansas City, Kan., died Aug 8, 2018. He graduated from Iola High School. A Celebration of Life service was Saturday at the American Legion Post 199 in Kansas City,…
Arrests reported Iola police officers said Kelley Tindel, 50, Iola, was arrested Wednesday in the 800 block of North Washington Avenue for suspicion of battery, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, possessing marijuana and possessing…
Maxine Redfearn hosted five Dirt Diggers Garden Club members at her home Tuesday. The August Yard of the Month winners, Tim and Jodi Hoffman, were approved. Members voted to offer Yard of the Month awards…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska is preparing to carry out its first execution since 1997 on Tuesday in a bewildering about-face driven largely by the states Republican governor. Carey Dean Moore, 60, is scheduled to…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A fired white Kansas police officer has been indicted in the fatal shooting of a black man last year while investigating a domestic dispute, prosecutors announced Monday. Matthew Harrington, 25,…
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) A southeast Missouri county is investigating a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 34 people. The Southeast Missourian reports that the cause hasn’t been determined. Perry County Health Department communicable disease coordinator…
The dog days of summer is often a drab time of year for our landscapes. The heat has taken its toll on many annuals, perennials have already done their thing for the year and lots…
