Supersized water and ice kiosks continue to pop up in the Midwest. The owners of these standalone kiosks advertise their products as safer and purer than tap water. But researchers from the University of Iowa…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time. Losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day; it also could harm your health.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%. Hiring deteriorated from January, when companies, nonprofits and government…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe Mayor Ella Mae Crowell died at her home Tuesday. Crowell, 65, was found shortly before noon Tuesday after relatives and authorities were asked to do a welfare check, Allen County Sheriff Anthony…

The Iola Reads celebration will offer a festive glimpse of life in early 19th century Britain Saturday. A Recency Rave Dance party will run from 7 to 8 :30 p.m. Saturday at the John Silas…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster…

Six Allen Community College students earned invitations to an international leadership conference through HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) after they excelled at a state leadership conference in Wichita Monday and Tuesday. More than 1,200…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds. Judge Richard…

TOPEKA — A brigade of tech sector lobbyists flooded a Kansas committee with information and advocacy before legislators weighed a bill that would require age verification in app stores. Apple and Google “heavily lobbied” committee…

The potential for severe storms this weekend has prompted the Allen County Department of Emergency Management to remind residents of community storm shelters throughout the county. In Iola, the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, the old…