Tuesday’s planned Iola City Council meeting wound up being a no-go, when too many members announced they would be unable to attend. With only three Council members on hand — Mark Peters, Nich Lohman and…

Beale Infrastructure announced Wednesday afternoon its withdrawal of a proposed 300-acre data center in Gardner. The California-based company, which is also spearheading another data center project in De Soto, decided to scuttle its Gardner application…

Iola’s ordinances regarding transient vendor licenses came under the spotlight once again Monday. City Council members heard from 12-year-old Charley Kerr, a sixth-grader at Iola Middle School. Kerr, standing with her father, Matt Kerr, said…

HUMBOLDT — Solar panels may be on the horizon for three of Humboldt’s buildings. Council members gave City Administrator Cole Herder the green light to further investigate adding the panels to its sewer and water…

The Iola City Council welcomed two new faces and said goodbye to three outgoing members Monday evening. Doug Kerr, Jeremiah Ivy, Mark Peters and incumbent Nich Lohman were sworn in as new members. Kerr will…

HUMBOLDT — An all-male Humboldt City Council took the reins at Monday evening’s first meeting of 2026.  The Council’s former two female members, Cindy Holinsworth and Sarah Hart, did not run for re-election last November,…

County commissioners certified the Nov. 4 general election results at their meeting Monday. Of the nine provisional ballots reviewed, two were disqualified. One because the voter was registered in another county and the other lacked…

Allen County voters will have plenty to decide when they go to the polls Nov. 4 for city and school board elections. On top of picking their representation on respective city council races, voters also…

A slew of filings will give voters plenty of choices when they head to the polls in the Nov. 4 general election for a number of city and school board races. Most notably, Iola-USD 257’s…

Iola City Council members expressed a willingness Monday to see the city set up a land bank program. A land bank is essentially a collection of community-owned abandoned, vacant or otherwise foreclosed properties that could…