The Allen County Farmers Market got off to a festive start for the 2025 season Thursday, with dancers from Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy performing for the crowd. The market opens at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays through…

Iola High School and Iola Middle School’s concert bands capped their school year with a evening of music at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Sarah Marie Gilpin and Charles Glaze announce the arrival of a son, Hartley Broderick Glaze, born Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Lenexa, Kan., weighing 9 pounds, 1 ounce, and 21 inches long. Older siblings include…

Iola Public Library’s annual plant swap is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Plant donations — houseplants or garden plants — are now being accepted.  With the lawn still soggy from recent rains, the event…

Bethany Miller and Briley Prather, Iola High School juniors, will attend the Sunflower Girls State program this summer. Iola’s American Legion Auxiliary Chapter 15 is sponsoring the students with the help of Nelson Quarries and…

Unattended vehicle hit Greystone Residential Care Facility employees notified Iola police officers Sunday that somebody struck a transportation van in the 2600 block of North Kentucky Street, but left without reporting the accident. Officers said…

Pastor Steve Traw’s sermon Sunday, “Bestseller,” was based on 2 Timothy 3:14-17. Everything is an inspiration of God and through God mankind is equipped for good work, Traw said. It is our responsibility to be…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon Sunday was about being mission-minded. The missionary group C2C, or Chinese to Christ Missionaries, has spread across eight Chinese provinces and oversees some 60 churches spreading the word of God.  Acts…

Home invasion leads to Kansas man’s arrest Allen County sheriff’s deputies were called Sunday to a reported home invasion five miles north of iola. The suspect fled in a vehicle before officers arrived, but was…

Once seen as niche, farmers’ markets are increasingly becoming vital for food access for low-income communities, with food stamp sales holding steady after a post-pandemic surge and amid policy changes. Nationally, spending at farmer’s markets…