LOS ANGELES — The young voice on the public address system at La Mirada High baseball games makes you turn your head to see if the voice matches the person. It does. Ryan Zurn, the…

Bernita M. Berntsen, age 87, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at her home in LaHarpe.  Bernita was born on Jan. 22, 1935, to Stephen Meiwes and Margaret (Rausch) Meiwes in Oklahoma. She married Joseph…

HUMBOLDT — Voters will decide on a $17.45 million bond issue Tuesday to renovate Humboldt schools. Voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Humboldt Methodist Church, 806 N. Ninth St.  If successful, updates…

With inflation surging, the war in Ukraine roiling global markets and the after-effects of the pandemic still clogging supply chains, everyday investors have been jittery. But some had their nerves pushed to the edge this…

LONDON (AP) — European and American health authorities have identified a number of monkeypox cases in recent days, mostly in young men. It’s a surprising outbreak of a disease that rarely appears outside Africa. Health…

PITTSBURG — Sen. Kellie Warren and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach repeatedly clashed Thursday over who was best suited to ensure a GOP victory on election night and battle Democratic administrations at the…

Iola City Council members will discuss Monday an engineer’s recommendation to fully rebuild U.S. 54 through town. In early 2021, Council members hired the Burns and McDonnell engineering firm to inspect the highway, including boring…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of mostly Democratic congress members, including the House majority leader, on Thursday proposed a binding plebiscite to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a state or gain…

A dozen Iola Rotarians were at Humboldt’s Monarch Cement Thursday for an up-close tour of the plant’s operations. During the tour, Monarch operations supervisor Dennis Osborn shows Monarch’s roller mill area. The group also visited…

Laura Caillouet-Weiner got a little emotional on the last day of school. After more than 40 years, she’s saying goodbye to Jefferson Elementary School.  She’ll keep teaching, but next year she’ll be moving to the…