Cheesecake, apples and shrimp were some of the answers to the roll call, “What is your favorite food?” at the April 5 meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club. Alston Nelson led the flag salute…

The Prairie Rose 4-H meeting took place at 4 p.m. on March 7, 2021, at the Moran Methodist church. There were 20 members, three clover buds and one leader present.  Roll call was answered by…

In results that can be described as nothing less than extraordinary, four write-in candidates were elected to city government positions in Humboldt yesterday. Alvin Lassman, a former Humboldt mayor and former Allen County Commissioner, unseated…

An online fundraiser for Tri-Valley Developmental Services is April 12-15. The agency provides services for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 2020, Tri-Valley merged with New Beginnings Enterprises.  Today, they have 13 homes for…

Two popular authors are branching out from the type of books they made their name writing, and are earning acclaim in the process. Lisa Scottoline is the first of these authors.  She’s known for her…

Get ready to join us on Tuesday, April 6, at McIntosh/Booth Insurance for our next Chamber Coffee event. Chamber member McIntosh/Booth Insurance will host both Chamber members and non-member business individuals from 8 a.m. to…

Ralph Bass, Iola High School senior, has been accepted to attend the Naval academy at Annapolis after completion of a nine-month course in an Academy-sponsored prep school near the academy. Bass had been recruited because…

Noah Gordon gave the Communion Meditation, “Love is a Verb.” We have a day to celebrate love each year, Valentine’s Day, where people spend billions of dollars on candy, jewelry, cards, eating out, etc. But…

Clarissa Howell, 11, tries out the new Imagination Playground blocks at the LaHarpe Playground. The blocks were obtained through a Healthy Communities Initiative health equity grant written by Thrive Allen County. (TREVOR HOAG/THE IOLA REGISTER)

City commissioners instructed Paul Bush, city engineer, to prepare plans for the grading and beautifying the triangular plots of land bordering the new “S” curve on Highway 54. Ross Arbuckle, mayor, said the little parks…