According to county clerk Sherrie Riebel, Allen County’s Meals on Wheels program will be suspended Monday, until further notice. The service caters to about 80 households in Iola, Gas, LaHarpe and Moran. Riebel said, though,…

Area students can pick up free meals starting next week, even as in-person classes are canceled for the remainder of the school year. Iola, Marmaton Valley and Humboldt school districts have announced plans to offer…

All “non-essential” businesses in Allen, Anderson, Bourbon and Woodson counties were advised to close their doors beginning Tuesday morning to help curtail the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus that is sweeping the nation. Rebecca Johnson,…

Emerging from the barn next to a massive blue log-skidder, George Hawley grins beneath his cap as he surveys several enormous slices of timber that litter the nearby field.  The 75-year-old Hawley is undaunted by…

Cara Barkdoll, Allen County’s register of deeds for the past 20 years, is seeking another term in office. Barkdoll began working as a clerk under her predecessor, Jacqueline Webb in 1997. She was appointed to…

Darolyn (Crickett) Maley has filed for another term as Allen County treasurer. Maley was first elected to the post in 2012, succeeding Sharon Utley. Prior to that, Maley worked in the treasurer’s office for 10…

Moments after arriving at one of Owl Creek’s southerly bridges, I heard them: HOO-HOO, HOO-WHAAA! WHAA! For once I’d arrived in time to witness the sunset, though obscured behind drooping trees along the riverbank, leaves…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Department of Children and Families vs. Jason Glukowsky, other civil Department of Children and Families vs. Katrina A. and Cyrus R. Beatty JMS Enterprises Inc. vs. Donald…

February 1955 – 65 Years Ago The Allen County Centennial now has an official “seal.” It was created as a personal contribution to the Centennial by Clyde Watson, art instructor at Iola High School. The…

If you’re tired of winter, throw your hands in the air and yell, “Hoodie-Hoo!” Allen County will celebrate its second Annual Hoodie-Hoo Day on Thursday. The local event began last year by the Senior Life…