Month: February 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump told attendees at the annual National Prayer Breakfast today that he stands behind them, even as speakers bemoaned the level of division in the country and what one described…
The state of the union is falling apart. Our highways, bridges, airports, dams and other infrastructure need an estimated $4.5 trillion investment over the next five years. That number will only get worse unless President…
What is the population of Iola? Would a new school bring new jobs to an area that has no workforce available to fill those jobs? -Tom, Kansas City Submitted 02/06/2019
Dear Carolyn: My husband is broken there is no other way to put it. Years of chronic pain led to multiple surgeries with extended hospital stays. Physically and mentally he is worn out. He…
DEAR DR. ROACH: I read that condoms have tiny holes in them, and that they dont provide protection against HIV/AIDS. Is this true? — G.D.M. ANSWER: Condoms do have tiny holes in them if…
A 29-year-old Iola woman killed herself early Tuesday after barricading herself and her three children in her home for more than three hours, with law enforcement outside. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported the incident,…
Representatives from Mid-States Materials appeared before the county commission Tuesday morning to revive their request to create a rock quarry on the south side of Humboldt Hill. The land between Humboldt and Iola is currently…
Chuck Heffern is winner of the rangeland award that will be given at the conservation district annual meeting Saturday evening. Wife Linda will also be recognized, as well as their sons, Chris, Clint and Colton,…
Iolans Jack and Beverly Franklin will receive the Bankers Award for Soil Conservation during the annual Allen County conservation district meeting Saturday evening. Soil conservation became a watchword for agriculture a century ago when farming…
Shirley Mae Allen, age 72, a resident of Pleasanton, passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Jan. 8, 1947, in Humboldt, the daughter…
