The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilter’s Guild will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 27, at the Humboldt United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 806 North Ninth St., Humboldt.   The board meeting will be…

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am concerned that my 33-year-old daughter will have breast cancer. I have no history in my family of breast cancer, but my husband’s grandmother, mother and sister all have had breast…

Tuesday’s Farmers Market in Iola will be on State Street from 1 to 3 p.m. with fresh potatoes, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, and green beans from Parker’s Greenhouse, as well as jam, jelly, soap, seasonings, jerky,…

Every year around this time, the world around me has the potential to quickly turn into a continuous swirl that would be perfect for a TV series.  In cinematic effect, I imagine my story would…

Roland Thompson and Linda Clark Thompson were united in marriage on June 23, 1957, with their parents blessing at the First Christian Church, Chanute, with the Rev. Ted Hurst doing the honor.  Roland and Linda…

The Iola Chamber is in the process of collaborating with other local businesses to bring four new murals to Iola. The murals will appear over the next 12-18 months. The first mural will be on…

In honor of Father’s Day, here’s a health quiz: • If asked whether you just got a haircut, have you ever said, “No, I got them all cut.” • If your son said, “I’m hungry!”…

During the first five months of 1972, construction has started on 15 new homes in Iola. The construction spree accompanies an announcement just last week of the relocation of Inter Collegiate Press here. Practically all…

The annual Hooked on Fishing, Not On Drugs (HOFNOD) fishing derby is set for Saturday at Craig and Georgia Abbott’s pond along north Cottonwood Street in Iola. The derby, originally scheduled for June 4, was…

Over and over again we hear that one of the best contributing factors to aging successfully is to keep active. Regular exercise is found to help with our sleep, our mental state, brain function —…