The Allen County Conservation District plans its 80th Annual Meeting for February.  Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the district is not able to have an in-person meeting. Ballots for the annual election will be mailed…

The East Central Kansas Model T Ford Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in the Conference Room at the Burlington Library located on Hwy 75.  The main entrée will be provided, …

Twin sisters, Shelley and Sheri Moore, and former Iola High School Fillies basketball team members in 1988, are starters on the Emporia State University Hornet’s women’s basketball team this year. ***** The Rev. and Mrs.…

Ted Lucas will become president of Allen County Bank & Trust. Lucas, who has been a vice president at the bank the past three years, will replace Lynn Hartley who resigned to go to a…

The monthly meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club took place remotely Jan. 4 via Zoom. Lord of the Rings, Fast & Furious and The Hunger Games were some of the answers for the roll…

Betty Bland, Allen County treasurer, is pictured with a card of adhesive-backed 1976 decals which will be added to license plates for registration for the upcoming year. Kansans no longer will buy plates each year,…

An automobile dealership which had been owned and operated by Bud White and then his son, Dick White, for 55 years in Iola was sold yesterday to John Edwards, a Chevrolet district manager from Joplin.…

Darren McGhee gave the Communion Meditation about life after lockdown.  In 2020, Covid-19 had a profound impact on our lives, but were you content with your life even before the lockdown? Did you feel that…

In order to assist the Iola Police Dept. in the recovery of stolen or lost bikes and encourage observance of traffic rules by bicycle riders, bicycles licenses will be sold at 25 cents each, and…

The monthly meeting of the City Slickers 4-H Club was called to order by President Carly Dreher via Zoom. Roll call was answered by responding to the question: “What is your goal for the New…