The Southwind District held the 4-H Favorite Food Show June 5 at the Moran United Methodist Church.  This event is a great way to learn the life-skills of menu planning and setting a table. To…

I scouted my bald cypress and sycamore trees last week looking for newly hatched bagworms. Unfortunately, I found what I was looking for. You have to really be looking in order to see bagworms right…

BRONSON — Join the Southwind Extension District Master Food Volunteers Susan Stich and Carol Crawford as they present a  workshop on safely using both the pressure canning and water bath canning preservation methods.   Their…

Keith King, principal at Howard-West Elk in deep southeast Kansas, was hired as principal of Iola High School last night by the USD 257 board. Kenneth Groves, new assistant principal, also came from Howard-West Elk,…

Members of the Allen County Volunteer Fire Department were joined by Bill and Marjorie Mentzer for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday morning for the department’s new fire station just north of Iola on State Street. Bill…

Members of LaHarpe’s Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6324 hosted a number of events Saturday to mark the post’s 75th anniversary celebration. Activities included children’s games through the day, a hot dog lunch,…

Members of LaHarpe’s Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6324 hosted a number of events Saturday to mark the post’s 75th anniversary celebration. Among the participants were:  Post Commander Doug Northcutt, top right,…

MORAN — Forty-eight youngsters, one of the largest groups in memory, filled their week with fun, games and stories from the Bible this week as part of their annual Vacation Bible School. The event, hosted…

Forty area youngsters flocked to Abbott’s Pond in Iola June 5 for the Iola Police Department’s annual Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs campaign. They were kept busy, landing a combined 123 fish on the…

A tornado skipped across the north part of Allen County last night, barely missing Iola but causing considerable tree and roof damage in Moran. It did its first damage to the northwest of Iola when…