Month: May 2012

Iola City Council members said they would look “cautiously and aggressively” in considering annexation of up to three subdivisions outside Iola’s city limits. Council member Beverly Franklin said she was eager to see the city…

Money was the theme for the USD 257 Board of Education Tuesday night. The meeting covered a range of topics from upcoming spending plans to new handbook policies next year.  For the year, USD 257…

  Anticipation became reality Tuesday when combines were unleashed in Allen County wheat fields. Predictions have been for high yields, and at first blush it appears they were well-founded. “I think it’s making better than…

WICHITA — Tanner McNutt didn’t plan it the way it happened.  His move to the front of the race down the backstretch put him in position for a gold medal. In Saturday’s Class 3A boys’…

WICHITA — It’s state. Anything can happen at the state track meet — highs, lows and the in-between. Iola High seniors Kelsey Larson and Kendra Taiclet experienced their own highs and lows together with junior…

A week-long stay in St. Paul, Minn., will be anything but relaxing for members of a local church youth group, their director said. When 19 members of YouthWorks — middle- and high-schoolers dedicated to serving…

Monday’s spectacular — and warm — weather conditions brought a full house to the Iola Municipal Pool for Summer Splash 2012.

Jared Froggatte, who has worked in both the Iola Police and Allen County Sheriff’s departments, has become the second candidate to replace outgoing Sheriff Tom Williams. Froggatte filed by petition last week with the Allen…

Words etched on a memorial in Burma, recognizing the sacrifices made by the U.S. Army 2nd Division, ring as true today as they did during World War II, CWO Nick Hay, retired, told those attending…

Lori Depaola passed from this world on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Lori was born Sept. 27, 1980, to Richard and Kathy Spencer in Iola. She had an older brother, Jeremy Spencer.  Lori attended Iola High…