A ribbon cutting Monday at the SEK Multi-County Health Department in Iola served to announce the office is now a breast milk drop-off location.  The Oklahoma Mothers Milk Bank, which manages a network across Oklahoma,…

As the school year drew to a close, Daken Kramer worried about children who owed money for meals at his school. So the enterprising fifth grader decided to do something about it. Daken, 11, posted…

Iola Middle School and Iola High received donations as part of a fundraising campaign by Your Community Foundation and the Patterson Family. The Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) received the bulk of the funds,…

The Your Community Foundation of Iola celebrated a successful Giving Tuesday, thanks to the support from community members and a substantial matching grant from the Patterson Family Foundation of Kansas City.  The annual event, beginning…

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past…

LAHARPE — Julie Payne has found herself increasingly in the role of busting myths. Yes, the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility continues to scrape by, even with a budget besieged by ever-increasing costs to house…

TOPEKA — McPherson College secured endowment pledges to meet requirements of a $500 million challenge donation from an anonymous donor who committed another half a billion dollars to the small liberal arts college in Kansas.…

LAHARPE — Want a pie in the face? Want to be slapped with a tortilla? How about covered in whipped cream and licked by puppies? Want to see an animal shelter employee shave her head?…

For as long as any of the local Kiwanis members have been a part of the club, they’ve helped coordinate the annual bell ringers for the Salvation Army. It’s been a successful venture, too, with…

A school-based health clinic officially opens on Jan. 16 at Iola Elementary School. The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas is providing the service.  Students and faculty can access the clinic for a variety of…