D. A. McDonald, well-known Iola businessman, filed this afternoon as a candidate for mayor. ***** Sunday afternoon, the Girl Scouts of Iola will celebrate 50 years of Girl Scouting by presenting “The Golden Promise” —…

A house has been rented to serve as a “safe house” for Hope Unlimited and the Altar Society of St. John’s Catholic Church is heading up a drive to raise funds and secure other donations…

Members of the Allen County Country Club voted to refinance the organization, build a new pro shop and repair and remodel the eight-year-old clubhouse that was severely damaged by fire on Sept. 6. Sell Constructors…

11 — The most disastrous flood in the history of the Neosho River was predicted this morning by the U. S. Weather Bureau. Swollen by torrential rains on all portions of the watershed, the river…

Stock car racing season opens at Lapland track, Gas City. Glen and Lyle Harvey will open “Lapland” for the fifth season and look forward to a good year of entertainment for hotrod fans.  ***** Allen…

Ralph Bass, Iola High School senior, has been accepted to attend the Naval academy at Annapolis after completion of a nine-month course in an Academy-sponsored prep school near the academy. Bass had been recruited because…

City commissioners instructed Paul Bush, city engineer, to prepare plans for the grading and beautifying the triangular plots of land bordering the new “S” curve on Highway 54. Ross Arbuckle, mayor, said the little parks…

Iola will sponsor a Community Development Grant application for Tramec Corporation for a low-interest  $200,000 loan for product development. Tramec was established in late 1990 with the merger of three companies, Hose America, Trade America…

Gary and Janice Parker of rural LaHarpe are one of six Kansas farm couples chosen this year as master farmers and master homemakers by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and the Extension Service at Kansas…

Stalnaker Construction was low bidder at $6,900 for the construction of two concession stands and a set of public restrooms at Riverside Park. A concession stand, storage room and public restrooms will be built behind…