Cathy Ann Rowe, age 61, passed away Wednesday, Feb., 23, 2022, in Nixa, Mo. Cathy was born to David and Carol Rowe in 1961. She attended Iola High School and graduated with the Class of…

Jaime Lynn Ellis, age 45, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022.  Jaime was born Feb. 25, 1977, in Cumberland County, N.C., to Susan Lynn Sherrill and James A. Glaze Jr. She graduated from Iola High…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A person whose car became stuck in a field died in a grassfire, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s department said Sunday. Sedgwick County firefighters responding to a call about a grass fire…

The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilters Guild will be Monday at the Humboldt United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 806 N. 9th, Humboldt.  The board meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. and the guild meeting…

Arrest reported Colin Elam, 25, Columbia, Mo., was arrested by Iola police officers Sunday in the 100 block of East Jackson Avenue for an out-of-state warrant. Citations issued Jacob Keene, 30, Iola, was issued a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has added a stop in Poland to his trip this week to Europe for urgent talks with NATO and European allies, as Russian forces concentrate their fire upon cities…

BEIJING (AP) — A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, officials said, setting off a forest fire visible from space in…

All A Honor Roll 6th grade: Carter Collins, Bailey Daniels, Bryer Grisier, Kolton Hanson, Jordan Hencey, Adalyn Hillmon, Brystal Hudlin, Nahla Jenkins, Maggie McCullough, Ty Shaughnessy, Owen Sicka, Gabriela Vargas-Garcia, Kaydence Whitworth 7th grade: Karoline…

LAHARPE — The LaHarpe Police Department announced the arrest March 14 of Marc J. Waggoner Jr., 24, Iola, for suspicion of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a minor (four counts).   The arrest was…

Savonburg Mayor Aaron Wilson watched children slide, swing and climb around the equipment at the city park’s new playground on Sunday. He smiled. “That’s what it’s supposed to be. That’s the goal,” he said. It’s…