With fertilizer prices continuing to put pressure on farm budgets, making informed nutrient decisions is more important than ever. When inputs like urea are pushing $900 per ton, DAP is near $900 per ton, and…

TOPEKA — A bill changing how courts impose jail time on consecutive sentences and limiting who will be released on bond passed the House despite concerns about how much it will increase costs and remove…

Testing your forage and feed is one of the most valuable steps you can take to make sure your cattle are meeting their nutritional needs. By collecting good samples, choosing the right tests, and understanding…

Sticker shock at the grocery store should be slowing down, according to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But with grocery prices still up 28% since 2019, presidential candidates former President Donald…

Mortgage rates in the U.S. resumed their downward path, dropping to a new low for the year. The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.46%, down from 6.49% last week, Freddie Mac said in…

Cost was the main concern among Iola Council members with a proposed drop-off recycling program presented Monday. The evening’s discussion was the second of its kind since the Council has decided to offer a recycling…

Iola Council members agreed to postpone for one year any decision on rebuilding U.S. 54 Highway through town. The project had been set to begin this spring, but new cost estimates put it beyond their…

A significant increase in the overall cost of rebuilding Iola’s main thoroughfare will take precedence at Monday’s Iola Council meeting. In 2022, the council pegged the cost for the U.S. 54 Highway rebuild at approximately…

Now that Ben Prasko has worked as technology director for USD 257 for a year, he has a better understanding of patterns. He knows the problems he’s likely to encounter again and again with certain…

One of the certainties in setting a city budget well in advance of the upcoming year is that there will be surprises down the road, Iola City Administrator Matt Rehder noted Monday. To wit, when…