Due to the weather and field conditions, the Iola Recreation Department spring soccer league games scheduled for Saturday have been postponed and will be played May 4.

USD 257 board members were able to knock out a looming concern at Wednesday night’s special meeting. To make up days lost to snow board members decided May 16 would be a regular school day…

Wednesday Iola Middle and High schools jazz band students got a taste of playing at the college level. The Bowlus Fine Arts Center and the Whitehead Trust brought in Craig Treinen, Washburn University professor of…

Jerod Kelley compares the Iola City Council and its dynamics to that of a team — a team that he believes he can be a part of.“It’s a chance to be a leader in the…

Steve French wants to continue to be a sounding board and voice for people living in the Fourth Ward.He is the lone incumbent in the ward in a race that also includes Sandy Zornes and…

Sandy Zornes said she would take a measured approach of initially listening and learning if elected to Iola’s city council Tuesday.But, don’t count on her to hold back too long before joining conversations.“We may be…

Holding children back a grade because of lagging performance isn’t a cure-all. For one, it doesn’t solve the issues as to why a child is behind his peers. Secondly, the stigma from being held back…

Eva Marie Brecheisen, 80, Welda, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Richmond Healthcare Center in Richmond.  She was born on Nov. 17, 1932, in Springer, N.M., the daughter of Charles Pierson Carmean and…

Chester Kershner, 87, Moran, died Sunday evening, March 24, 2013 at Moran Manor Nursing Home. He was born Oct. 3, 1925 in Blue Mound, to his parents George Franklin and Ada Roney Kershner. He was…

Willie Adam Stolhand, 95, Towanda, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Lakepoint Nursing Center, El Dorado. Services will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at Towanda United Methodist Church. Visitation with the family present will be…