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.…

Humboldt’s Our Market is almost complete. The grocery store is slated to open in the coming weeks, said owner Scotty Welch. “End of the month or first of May,” he hopes, with an initial soft…

HUMBOLDT — Our Market is moving forward. After being stalled for several months due to financial setbacks, renovations are moving forward and things are opening up. The project of remaking Moon’s Hometown Market got its…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas considers meatpacking plant workers and grocery store employees essential workers, putting them just behind health care workers and nursing home residents for coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday. The…

Allen County commissioners voted 2-1 to help Our Market move one step closer to opening a grocery store in Humboldt, putting an end to several months of debate and following a precedent established by aiding…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt council members approved investing $20,000 with Amy and Scott Welch to put toward the renovation of Our Market, their up-and-coming grocery store that will partner with their butcher shop. “We’ll recoup that…

Rotary Club of Iola held its third annual Grocery Grab Saturday morning at G&W Foods of Iola. The Pregnancy and Family Center of Iola won the grand prize, allowing their designated runner Brandon Hesse five…

MORAN — Marmaton Market officials will show off several of the grocery store’s improvements Saturday during its grand reopening celebration. Pulled pork sandwiches will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., to go along…

Highway to reopen when work shuts down for winter WELDA — Work to widen U.S. 169/59 between Welda and Garnett is aiming for a temporary reopening of the highway later this summer or fall when…

“The grocery store — they’ve pretty much stopped work on it,” said Cole Herder, Humboldt city administrator, during Tuesday’s meeting of Allen County Commissioners. Herder noted that proprietors Scotty and Amy Welch had invested upwards…