Thanks, but no thanks. That’s the message Bassett Mayor Larry Crawford had for commissioners when it came to the offer to put a storm shelter in his community. Commissioners agreed to buy five shelters for…

Allen County’s COVID ranking — based on vaccination rates, cases numbers and tests —  is improving slowly, as shots become available for children, cases rise and a new variant is causing concern across the world.…

Allen County hospital officials suffered sticker shock Thursday when they reviewed an estimate of nearly $80,000 to remove mold from the county’s medical arts building. But they were immediately reassured that it shouldn’t cost nearly…

Kansas is an agricultural powerhouse, producing 64% of the nation’s sorghum and 23% of its winter wheat. We’re ranked third in cattle production and beef processing, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture. So why…

Iola’s First Baptist Church is once again sponsoring Adopt-A-Child, a charitable endeavor that provides Christmas gifts for area youngsters in need. The program is open to any child in Allen County, except for Humboldt, which…

50 Years Ago By one measure, Iola is $1 million in the hole, Jerry Bratten, district extension forester, told a group of Iolans last night. Bratten and another extension agent from Kansas State University conducted…

County officials assured a Gas City man about the security of local elections, after he expressed concerns about fraud in the 2020 presidential election. A public demonstration is offered later this month to educate voters…

It’s a lucky problem to have, but county commissioners came to the realization on Monday that it isn’t easy to give away $2.4 million.  And it will be especially difficult considering they’ve already had requests…

As leaders from 17 Southeast Kansas counties descended on Iola Thursday for a regional meeting of public officials, they faced road construction from three of the four directions heading into town. That might have been…

Allen County, and Southeast Kansas in general, have some of the highest COVID cases and lowest vaccination rates in the state.  Allen County is now ranked near the bottom 10% of all counties in the…