Fifty years ago June 1969 A new 2,500 kilowatt diesel electric generator is being installed at the Iola Power Plant. It will be used during times of peak electricity usage and is scheduled to be…

It used to be that Elsie the Cow would let down her milk to only those she liked. Today, that ?person? may be a robot. And sadly, or not, Elsie could care less, and in…

June 1949 70 Years Ago Forty-two teenage golfers from 18 Kansas communities have entered the state Junior Chamber of Commerce golf tournament that will be held here Friday and Saturday. The young players headed here…

 1844 — The Great Flood of 1844 is the biggest flood ever recorded on the Missouri River and Upper Mississippi River in terms of discharge. The flood was widespread since the region had little to…

This year’s graduates are enjoying a healthy economy, a growing job market and rising wages. The vestiges of the hard and deep recession that hit more than 10 years ago are finally fading into history.…

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 77 years old. When I go to a new doctor, there is always that past history form to fill out. I know to include current medications, including OTC and allergies,…

The fire on Aug. 10, 1990, forever changed the landscape of the west side of Iola’s courthouse square. The fire destroyed three Iola business buildings and damaged several others. Investigators determined the cause as arson,…

Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor and the ninth candidate to jump into the race for Chicago mayor 11 months ago, won election Tuesday in a nearly 3-to-1 landslide over establishment candidate Toni Preckwinkle, an…

Today is Thursday, March 21, the 80th day of 2019.  Today’s Highlight in History: On March 21, 2006, the social media website Twitter was established with the sending of the first “tweet” by co-founder Jack…

Louis Schlanger opened The Globe Clothing Store at 2 S. Washington in 1901, when Iola was a boom town with a population between 12,000 and 13,000 and both Gas City and LaHarpe were sizable communities…