Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heralded “significant progress” after his weekend trip to North Korea, but it looks like that depends on how you define “significant.” The diplomatic atmospherics look good, and the bonhomie is…

If you live in Iowa and are having difficulties paying for health insurance coverage, you now will have an alternative. This week, the Iowa Farm Bureau unveiled new “health benefit plans,” a lower-cost form of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United States. Several justices expressed concerns with…

Five or six inches of rain — in places more — over the last several days have swelled the Neosho River and its tributaries over their banks. For farmers, even those hardened by years of…

In deference to this week’s rain and swollen streams, Allen County Commission Chairman Jerry Daniels encouraged Sheriff Bryan Murphy to research naval assets for his department. The recommendation came during a short  commission session Tuesday…

As part of a larger discussion on tightening the city’s budget, Iola City Council members tackled the scheduling of replacing equipment at their meeting Tuesday night. At issue is the city’s long-standing but informal policy…

Soggy weather this week has washed out Farm-City Days activities planned for Friday and Saturday at Strickler’s Dairy Farm. Downtown activities are still a go, however the schedule and sites of some events may change…

MORAN — Both Laura and Jeff Johnson grew up with an appreciation of living in small towns. The Johnsons, this year’s farm marshals for the upcoming Farm-City Days, spoke about their fondness for all things…

It was like finding a diamond. As construction workers scraped decades of plaster from an interior wall upstairs at 15 E. Madison, a long-hidden architectural detail began to emerge: a huge brick archway in the…

This month I’ll start with a thriller by Louise Candlish, “Our House.” Fiona Lawson and her husband Bram are newly separated with an arrangement to alternate time in their house to minimize disruption for their…