Allen County Auction Services will organize an auction for surplus county equipment, likely sometime around the end of October. Commissioners made the decision to go with former commissioner John Brocker’s auction house, one of two…

Over the course of about one year, Allen County has approved $5.6 million worth of investments at the Allen County Regional Airport. Only about $170,000 of that money came directly from county funds. The vast…

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure, as Allen County’s Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith says. County officials are hoping to organize an auction of surplus equipment. Much of it comes from the Public…

It’s not practical to outfit county storm shelters with food and water, Emergency Management Director Jason Trego told commissioners on Tuesday. His research into the matter follows a request from a resident, who was concerned…

A group of about 18 landowners from Allen and Anderson counties voiced their opposition to a transmission line project that will cut across Southeast Kansas from the Wolf Creek power plant to Missouri. Property owners…

The Iola Senior Citizen Thrift Store got the go-ahead from county commissioners for their plans to add a building. Representatives of the thrift store’s board have been working with commissioners on a plan to enlarge…

Allen County commissioners this week decided their hopes for the future outweigh concerns about annexing part of the county airport into the City of Iola. They agreed to a deal that will connect the Allen…

The stories shocked Thrive staff when they first began to study transportation in 2019: • About 20% of Allen County residents lack reliable transportation. • Some residents wait two to three weeks between trips to…

Plans to expand the Iola Senior Citizen Thrift Store took another step toward reality. Dimity Lowell, a board member for the group, gave county commissioners an update on Tuesday. She’s been busy checking with state…

County commissioners came up with a new plan to provide a little bit more money to Thrive Allen County for economic development, but it won’t change the budget. Commissioners will allocate $30,000 for Thrive in…