As COVID-19 cases rise in Allen County and the region, it’s important to continue to take precautionary measures to limit the spread of infection, a Saint Luke’s infectious disease physician said. The total confirmed COVID-19…

A crowd of about a dozen Republican supporters greeted Rep. Roger Marshall and Jake LaTurner outside Pete’s Jump Start in Iola Wednesday morning. The event was organized by the Marshall campaign and marked one stop…

“The year 2020 will be remembered for COVID-19. But in Iola, it will also be remembered as the year Peerless Products came to town,” predicted Iola Mayor Jon Wells at Tuesday’s celebration of the company’s…

Iola City Council members will meet Tuesday — not Monday — for their regular bi-monthly meeting. The meeting is being pushed back a day because Monday is Columbus Day, with all city offices closed. On…

This year’s Farm City Days medallion will soon be yours for the finding, but you must first purchase a button by midnight tonight. Due to COVID-19, there are no physical buttons this year. Instead, “virtual”…

Disregarding Tuesday night’s presidential debate, it’s making for a quiet campaign season locally. Political forums are at a minimum. And for the most part, candidates are refraining from visiting voters on their doorsteps or glad-handing…

David Lee, center, Republican candidate for the Allen County Commission’s Second District seat, was among about a dozen attendees at a rally in downtown Iola Monday in support of President Trump and other GOP candidates…

An endless parade of dump trucks trundle onto the site of the new elementary school in a well-choreographed performance.  Truck driver Karla Boots circles her vehicle around an assortment of bulldozers, then drops a load…

Only a few cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in area schools, though those events have led to the quarantine of dozens of others in an effort to slow the spread of infection.…

Players from the Parsons Vikings football program are making their voices heard after facing an adversity felt too often. During halftime of a game between Parsons and Iola at Iola High School Sept. 11, at…