Month: January 2019
Thrive Allen County interim CEO Bill Maness appeared before Allen County commissioners Monday morning to ask once more for the $50,000 required for the creation of VISIT Allen, an initiative designed to increase tourism in…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) This was quite a return for Serena Williams. Almost as if she never left. In her first match at the Australian Open since winning the 2017 title while pregnant and…
HUMBOLDT Thoroughfares across town are in need of attention, Humboldt council members learned at their meeting Monday night. But Cole Herder, city administrator, is at a loss for how to fund their repairs. The…
Iola High School students interested in a career in the automotive industry could have an option to earn certification, if an area school proceeds with plans to add the program. Anderson County is considering adding…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor called Monday for the state to forge a new chapter of bipartisanship, arguing as she took office that the Statehouse had lost the spirit of neighbor-helping-neighbor under…
Iola City Council members will seek public input before proceeding with any proposals on either making some members at large or changing their length of terms. The governing body size has been discussed, off and…
Alice Whitford, age 99, Iola, passed away on her birthday Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Alice was born on Jan. 11, 1920, in Humboldt, to William L. and Georgia M.…
Hazel Irene Hobert, 88, of Le Roy, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church in Le Roy, with visitation on Wednesday from…
Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Robert Evans, 44, Iola, for suspicion of violating a protection order in the 800 block of North Jefferson Avenue Friday. Allen County sheriffs deputies arrested Susan L. Springeman, 67,…
HUMBOLDT A birthday celebration for Jean Fredericks 90th birthday will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Arrowood Lane. Well-wishers are invited to come and go as they please. She requests no gifts,…
