The Marmaton Market celebrated its third year anniversary Friday by giving away hot dogs, chips and cupcakes. Above, board member Karen Price serves a hot dog to Ian Wagner, who works part-time at the market.…

Local preschoolers wowed USD 257 board of education members Monday night with a performance illustrating their mastery of math and English concepts at the tender ages of 3 and 4. The students attend McKinley Elementary…

With construction proceeding on the new Iola Elementary School, Iolans were given their first glimpse Monday of plans to extend the Missouri Pacific Trail to connect the school site to the rest of town. Iola…

Iola officials are hosting the public for an open house-style meeting to learn about options regarding extension of the Missouri Pacific Trail. The event runs from 6 to 7:30 at the John Silas Bass North…

Iola received word this week it has received a $350,000 grant to go toward the purchase of a new fire engine. The federal grant comes through the Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant program.…

Humanities Kansas recently awarded $10,000 to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to support “Taking Southeast Kansas History Online.” The project involves building a digital map of southeast Kansas historical sites, specifically in Allen and Woodson…

Allen County has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $132,000 from the Kansas Department of Commerce to assist with COVID-19 economic relief. In some instances, both counties and cities were…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Council members agreed Monday night to give in-kind labor to Our Hometown Market and will consider a financial gift as well. Cosmetic work and reconfiguring of the building is underway.  Humboldt will…

The Allen County Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation is all revved up. Now, the members are looking for someone to take along for the ride. The Wings of Warriors assists local cancer survivors through a…

Gage Turner flips his welding helmet down over his face and strikes an arc on his tig welder. His job is to weld a thin layer of metal inside a series of pipes at Precision…