Month: August 2019
With a sparse turnout fewer than 1 in 10 registered voters did so Tuesday Iolans living in Ward 3 favored City Councilwoman Kim Peterson and local restaurateur Kyle King (so far) as the…
Steve Strickler told Allen County Commissioners on Tuesday morning that he has received a much better response than he anticipated for his recycling project. I just want to thank you guys for the investment in…
Democrats in deep-red Kansas face lofty challenges at the polls but remain determined to make inroads. They were re-energized by the recent elections of Gov. Laura Kelly and Congresswoman Sharice Davids, among other victories. And…
Manhattan should take heed of what happened recently when the USDA decided to relocate some of its offices to the Kansas City region. The U.S. Department of Agriculture decided announced recently that it would move…
Gov. Cuomo did New Yorks women a vital service last week signing legislation creating a new maternal mortality review board, a panel of experts that will examine why so many mothers still die from pregnancy-related…
Violence in the workplace is no laughing matter. Apparently, officials in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas didnt get the memo from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health that…
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump headed to El Paso and Dayton today to offer a message of healing and unity, but he will be met by hostility in both places by people who fault…
Michael Ray McDonald died peacefully in his sleep Wednesday, July 31, 2019. He was born on May 16, 1958, to Dennis and LaFern McDonald in Iola. His father was in the Navy, so Mike attended…
Robert L. (Bob) Bennett, age 64, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, at his home in Iola. He was born June 3, 1955, to Leroy Bennett and Norma Jean (Dickens) Bennett in Neodesha. He married Mary…
