Voters making their choices at the Nov. 8 general election will get a chance to meet a number of the candidates Tuesday in Iola. Allen County Farm Bureau is hosting a candidate forum at 6…

Patrick Schmidt, candidate for the 2nd Congressional District, will be at Iola’s new coffee shop, Fillmore Coffee House & Plant Cafe, 102 S. Washington, at 2:30 Thursday afternoon for a meet-and-greet. Schmidt, a Democrat, is…

Candidates who have entered races ahead of the filing deadline plan to focus their campaigns on bringing attention to rural Kansas, free school lunches, affordable gas and getting Kansas “back on track.” Some rushed to…

John Wilson didn’t plan to be a teacher.  He grew up in Allen County and went to work with his brother after high school. “Then I just had this itch. I wanted to be a…

Allen Countians will head to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in city and school board elections. Three contested Iola City Council races will be decided. Ron Ballard, who represents Ward 2, is being…

Asking hard questions, and giving hard answers, makes an effective city council member, Ron Ballard says. For example, a few years back Iola’s leaders were considering adding a solar plant on the edge of town,…

Should Joel Wicoff be re-elected to the Iola City Council, many of the issues facing the city, such as  balancing budgets, setting utility costs and dealing with changes in the ambulance program, may look quite…

Iola High School students who are homecoming candidates are, front from left, Braxton Curry, Chloe Sell, Ally Ellis, Miah Shelby, Maci Miller, Jenna Curry; back row, Drake DeLaTorre, TJ Taylor, Brett Willis, Colin Long, Tyler…

A livestream political forum with local school board candidates will be available on Facebook at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The forum will take place at The Foundry (formerly Trinity United Methodist Church) but will not be…

Iolan Nich Lohman, director of clinical operations at Iola Pharmacy, is seeking a seat on the Iola City Council. Lohman, who lives in Iola’s Third Ward, filed this week, the Allen County clerk’s office reported.…