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Iola High School’s second-quarter honor rolls for 2025-26: All A’s (4.0 GPA) Seniors: Tessa Brutchin, Brennen Coffield, Lily Lohman, Bethany Miller, and Callie Sterling. Juniors: Ean DeLaTorre, Kinsey Jelinek, and Kaydra Scheibmeir. Sophomores: Reed Clift,…

Iola Elementary School held its annual Spelling Bee Friday, Jan. 30. From left, fourth-grader Hadley Thompson spelled her way to first place; Ellis Ashmore and Addison Chandlee, both third-graders, were first and second runners-up and…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon “The Plan” taught us that even though we are told in Romans 6:23 that the wages of sin is death, God had a plan. That plan was salvation through Jesus Christ…

Eileen Katherine Chase and Kyle-Cameron Goertz Mackintosh-Macleod of Lewis, were united in marriage Oct. 11, 2025. Eileen is the daughter of Jacki and Robert Chase of Lawrence, Kan. She is the granddaughter of the late…

Crest High School’s winter homecoming candidates are Kaelin Nilges, Aylee Beckmon, Josie Walter; back, Henry White, Lane Yocham, and Levi Prasko. The king and queen will be crowned after games on Friday, Feb. 6 against…

If you haven’t participated in the K-State Garden Hour in the past, plan to start this year. The K-State Garden Hour began in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for K-State…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon Sunday was on the problem of sin. Romans 8:13 says that if you live according to the flesh you will die. But, if by the Spirit, you fight the deeds of…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Middle School has announced its second-quarter honor rolls for 2025-26. All A’s (4.0 GPA) Eighth grade — Hadlee Allen, Rollyn Burgett, Kimberlyn Foster, Nate Froggatte, Lois Henderson, Eliot Hurt, Kinsley Isbell and…

GARNETT — In a 4-3 vote, USD 365 school board members decided Jan. 13 to close Greeley Elementary School, the Anderson County Review reported. The vote came after a Jan. 8 contentious public hearing, where…

Janie Works was given the Community Service Award by the Cofachique Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Saturday. Karen Gilpin presented the award to Works for her success in creating a daycare facility…