Phillip Merkel, who retired as Moran mayor in January, received a special plaque Monday for his service to the community from Jerry Wallis, who was elected in November to succeed Merkel. Merkel was mayor for…

Arrests reported Dana J. Guilford, 35, Humboldt, was arrested Saturday for suspicion of possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, interfering with law enforcement and warrants relating to separate charges of driving while suspended and interfering with…

Larry Wittmer gave the Communion Meditation over the Love Feast Sunday at Colony Christian Church. Love Feast once was a term for the Lord’s Supper. There is no word for “feast” in Greek, so Jude…

Looking out my office window on a wet foggy morning sure doesn’t get me in the mood to start thinking about spring burning, but the calendar shows that it is about time. One of the…

Life brings with it many stages. There are the formative years of growing and education, the middle years of working and maybe raising a family — and the later years, which can be even more…

A vendor’s meeting for the Allen County Farmers’ Market will be at 6:30 p.m. March 12 at the Riverside Park Community Building. The meeting is for all returning and new or prospective vendors interested in…

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met Monday at the Riverside Park Community Building.  It was wear green night in honor of St. Patrick’s Day in March. The next 4-H Council meeting is April 9.  4-H…

The author of the current Iola Reads book selection, Michael Graves, will be in Iola on March 12. Graves will speak at 7 p.m. in the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.…

Yates Center High School’s Madelyn Collins and Reece Solander were crowned 2020 Homecoming Queen and King Friday. Chaperones were Hadley Heffner, front at left, and Kade Owens.

Eddie D. Jeffers, Iola, and Vernon Ard, Elsmore, were killed in a light plane crash near Elsmore Sunday. The men were scanning the countryside looking for a wolf hunt that they thought was taking place…