Do you remember your favorite nursery rhyme? Little Miss Muffet, Baa Baa Black Sheep, This Little Piggy, and The Itsy Bitsy Spider were some of the nursery rhymes that were recited at the March 7…

The monthly Square B 4-H Cub meeting was held Monday at the Kansas State University Extension office in Iola. Junior President Katelyn Hicks called the meeting to order. Henry Kramer served as secretary. Cassie Hicks…

Iola City Council members will decide Monday whether to greenlight a developer’s plans to convert an old nursing home into an apartment complex. Rocky Meo of Meo Development Co. LLP, De Soto, has applied for…

Iola City Council members will hear a request Monday from KwiKom Communications to help the company expand its fiber-optic service in Iola. KwiKom already provides such service to portions of Iola, primarily north of U.S.…

The December meeting of the Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H Club was Dec. 19 at the Lone Elm Community Building.  Roll call was “What is your favorite Christmas Song?” which was answered by 17 members and one leader. …

One thing is for sure, locals are going to miss Rotary’s recycling program if no one else takes the lead. On Thursday night, about 25 people gathered to discuss the program’s future, now that Rotary…

Iola Rotarians have successfully kept tons of recyclable materials out of the Allen County Landfill over the past 26 years. The effort — which started solely with paper, but eventually expanded to include cardboard, plastic,…

HUMBOLDT — Sunflower Quilters Guild members will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth St.  The board meeting leads the activities at 9:30, followed by the…

The Southwind Rail Trail was the location of the Oct. 18 Prairie Dell 4-H club meeting.   Club members met at 5 p.m. and walked the trail to the Elm Creek bridge and back before…

The Allen County Historical Society will take a look back at the 1951 flood, which devastated much of the state, including Allen County. The occasion is the Historical Society’s annual meeting, which begins at 6:30…