60 Years Ago February 1960 The Allen County Medical Society voted last night to cancel its contract with the county for the care of welfare clients, effective March 1. This will terminate an arrangement which…

The Marmaton Valley High School Scholars’ Bowl team won the 1A Regional Scholars’ Bowl meet held at Moran on Thursday, Feb. 6, by placing first out of the 13 teams competing.  They will travel to…

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met Sunday at Heartland Meadows. Prior to the meeting, members handed out Valentines to the residents. Luke Wicoff was recognized for receiving a purple ribbon on his reading at 4-H…

USD 257 Superintendent of Schools Stacey Fager led an informative program on the new Iola Elementary school plans for the February meeting of the Allen County Area Retired School Personnel. Fager showed a video and…

Darren McGhee gave the communion meditation, “The Last Day of Your Life,” at Colony Christian Church Sunday. There’s a story about a Jewish rabbi who was dying. His students were asking him questions, and one…

Area students named to the honor roll for the 2019 fall semester at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, are: Mia Aronson, Iola, college of liberal arts & sciences; Katie Bauer, Iola, college of liberal arts…

70 Years Ago February 1950 HUMBOLDT — Frank Fussman, 82, died last night at his farm home. He played a leading part in the early development of Humboldt. He was the son of Charles Fussman…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Sixty-three heard Pastor Steve Traw complete a series of messages on the book of Revelation Sunday at Carlyle Presbyterian Church with “The River of Life,” taken from Revelation 22.  The scripture refers…

Allen Community College has listed its honor students for the Fall 2019 semester. President’s List (4.0 GPA) From Iola: Carolyn Appleton, Hannah Bartlett, Ellie Carson, Jaden Channel, Megan Erbert, Addison Prather, Jessica Tidd, Noah Westervelt,…

Local students were named to Wichita State University’s fall semester dean’s honor rolls. Jessica Thompson and Trey Wilson, Iola, and Kellie Hallacy, Humboldt, were among the 3,300 students who earned at least a 3.5 GPA…