“Who doesn’t love their pets and love to spoil ‘em?” It’s in that spirit Humboldt native Janelle (Sigler) Aikins was inspired to start Alpha Dog Supply, her new business just off the southeast corner of…

Lindsey Shaughnessy remembers recently taking stock of her life, knowing she should feel content. She had a supportive husband, Brian, two children and a successful business, O’Shaughnessy Liquor. But she also had a dream. She’d…

When it came to developing a business plan, Humboldt Middle School eighth-graders Matthew McCullough and Tanis Caldwell had a genius idea. And its implementation involved the key ingredients of strategy, skill and planning. Oh, and…

Amber Hodge, right, of The Protein Place, treats Susan Locke of The Iola Register with a sample of their wares. The new store, 110 S. Jefferson, sells drinks, snacks and protein powders. Hodge is making…

Shonda Decker is hitting it big in Vegas. The former Iolan was recently featured on the cover of MyVegas magazine in connection with her company, Affordable Striping & Sealing. “We do parking lot striping, road…

Iola Planning Commission members endorsed a special use permit for Shane Lamb of De Soto on Wednesday night to pursue a tire-shredding operation at 17 E. Portland, the site of the former Lehigh Cement Plant. …

Lindsay Myers had worked at the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce for only a few months before she was thrown into the job of interim director. Myers joined the Chamber in late August as an…

When retailers went into a six-week lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Audacious Boutique owner Kelly Sigg worried she’d lose her business.  But Sigg stuck it out, thanks in part to the store’s…

Kelly Perry has a passion for wellness. That’s why she and her business partner Amber Hodge are opening The Protein Place at 110 S. Jefferson Ave. in Iola. There you’ll be able to buy Perry’s…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ani Sirois, a respiratory nurse, has spent months caring for coronavirus patients at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, and she’s only getting busier as infections — and hospitalizations — surge before the…