MILDRED — Seniors in northern Allen County wanting to take part in the Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging’s (SEKAAA) 60+ Dine program traditionally came to Iola for meals served through the Allen County Regional…

Iola’s annual Easter candy hunt has a number of treats and activities for youngsters Saturday morning. The hunt begins at 10 o’clock south of the Recreation Building at Iola’s Riverside Park, but youngsters are encouraged…

Mother Nature may dampen, but it will not stop, a series of Easter Weekend hunts in and around Iola Saturday, with one exception. Iola Area Chamber of Commerce Director Kelly Sigg said a 9:30 a.m.…

MILDRED — Driving to a national grocery conference in Alabama last month, Loren and Regena Lance stopped at several small grocery stores along the way. It’s an opportunity for the Lances to see how other…

Four Allen County businesses received Backing Small Businesses grants up to $10,000 each.  They were among seven small businesses in Kansas and 500 across the country to receive the grants, which were administered by American…

MILDRED — Charley Pogue of Blue Mound frequently drives the 10 miles to The Mildred Store. When family members from Lawrence were visiting this weekend, he brought them to the store’s 10th anniversary celebration.  They…

A decision to sell the city-owned Erie Market highlights the challenges of keeping a grocery store in a very small community. It’s a struggle some communities in Allen County — Humboldt, Moran, Mildred — know…

MILDRED — A Mildred man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Jose Alcantar Jr., 51, was arrested at the Mildred Store. According to Sheriff Bryan Murphy, store owner Regena…

After rainy weather sent spectators home early at the Mildred Store’s living nativity presentation Friday evening, Saturday provided no such hindrances, as several area churches helped recreate the setting for Jesus’s birth.

MILDRED — Travelers down U.S. 59 Highway this weekend may see the twinkling glow of Christmas lights as they pass the sleepy outskirts of Mildred. They are encouraged to stop to enjoy some hot cocoa…