Allen Community College’s board of trustees welcomed back Becky Nilges, Jenny Spillman and Jessica Thompson at their first meeting of the new year Tuesday evening. All three were reelected to their positions in November. In…

Casey McDonald Dye was sentenced to 206 months, or just over 17 years, in prison for the 2022 murder of Ryan Holcomb Tuesday in Allen County District Court. Chief District Judge Daniel Creitz was the…

Iola High School freshmen received a lesson in career readiness and community involvement Wednesday morning during a presentation by Barbara Button, executive director of Humanity House. Button outlined a series of sessions designed to introduce…

Planning and Zoning Administrator Terry Call provided commissioners Tuesday morning with an update on a proposed meteorological study that could support a future wind farm project in Allen County. Call said the company, River Cat…

The Iola City Council welcomed two new faces and said goodbye to three outgoing members Monday evening. Doug Kerr, Jeremiah Ivy, Mark Peters and incumbent Nich Lohman were sworn in as new members. Kerr will…

Iola High School students Bethany Miller and Ari Ramirez are preparing to audition for the Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) All-State Ensemble, which will be held Saturday in Salina. Miller plays trombone and Ramirez the…

HUMBOLDT — An all-male Humboldt City Council took the reins at Monday evening’s first meeting of 2026.  The Council’s former two female members, Cindy Holinsworth and Sarah Hart, did not run for re-election last November,…

Progress continues at the Cedarbrook Third Addition as developers prepare for another year of residential construction on Iola’s north edge. Lakeview Investment Properties, owned by Blake Boone and his mother, Jennifer Chester, launched the project…

The best thing about being a state champion? It wasn’t etching your name in the history books. Or the fanfare — as magical as it was.  “It was the camaraderie,” noted Emily Middleton. “Just coming…

On a night when Iola High School celebrated a storied team from its past, the 2025-26 basketball teams showed there’s plenty to cheer in present day as well. Members of the IHS girls 2006 state…