On behalf of Iola Industries, I would like to thank the City of Iola for their support of the project we have proposed to the Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Kansas legislature. I…

An ongoing study will look at ways to help Allen Countians turn their small business dreams into reality. Atlas Community Studios, a firm specializing in strategic planning and rural economic development, has been hired by…

Thrive Allen County and Iola Mayor Steve French are encouraging businesses, churches, lodges and individuals to offer warming stations during the coming cold snap. Anyone willing to serve as a temporary warming station is asked…

Note: Lisse Regehr is the CEO of Thrive Allen County. It was a rare moment when Lisse Regehr’s extended family could get together. Her father served in the military, and most of her childhood was…

The job of an economic development director is punishing, admitted Jonathon Goering.  “It beats you up,” he said.  And it can be thankless. “You put your heart and soul into it every day, trying to…

Just as he’s hitting his stride, Jonathon Goering, Thrive’s economic development director, is leaving his post.  Though it’s a bittersweet decision for Goering, he’s already putting a positive spin on it.  “When I come to…

Iola City Council members will discuss plans to increase the city’s economic development investment at their meeting Monday. When drafting Iola’s 2023 spending plan earlier this year,  Council members increased the budget authority to $50,000…

Dr. Erik Unruh knew he wanted a career that would allow him to make an impact. He kept coming back to medicine.  “It’s not a secret that medicine can be challenging to navigate, both as…

As impressed as the small crowd was Monday of the newest additions to the Allen County Regional Hospital grounds — a relocated gazebo and a nearly mile-long crushed limestone trail — it’s just as important…

After two years of virtual celebrations due to Covid, Thrive Allen County’s 15th annual banquet Friday evening was a welcome change. More than 350 gathered in ACC’s gymnasium to recognize the efforts of their friends…