Among Iola Middle School’s many classrooms, there is one with 10 students at most. New special education teacher Rhonda Foster is a fresh face on the staff. Not only is Foster new to IMS, but…

New USD 257 band teacher Ranie Wahlmeier has entered Iola with her first career position. The Burlington native and K-State graduate directs both the middle school and high school bands for the district. “I wasn’t…

Genetic engineers are on the cusp of growing leather — without the animal — by a means of creating a bovine-like collagen from yeast, according to this week’s Economist magazine. The sturdy proteins can then…

Danny Ray Danielson, 75, Gas, passed away Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola due to complications from bladder cancer leading to kidney and heart failure.He was born July 19, 1942,…

The Marmaton Valley volleyball team hit some highs and some lows in their season-opening tournament at Yates Center on Saturday going 2-2 on the day. The Wildcats took on Altoona-Midway and walked away with a…

The Allen Community College soccer teams’ seasons are in full swing after wrapping up season-opening three-game road trips. On Friday, the Lady Red Devils (2-1) got their second win of the season, beating St. Louis …

There wasn’t a lot of tension in Yates Center’s first volleyball tournament of the season on Saturday. Of their five matches during their home invitational, all were settled in just two sets as the Lady…

Expectations continue to be high at perennial national contender Allen County as the 2017 cross country season starts to ramp up.Why shouldn’t they be? Vince DeGrado, now going into his sixth season as the Red…

A missing Iola teenager has returned home after being gone for about a week.The Iola Police Department reported Monday Teryn William Scott, 14, who had last been seen the afternoon of Aug. 21, returned home…

Health insurance costs are going down for Iola city employees.City Council members heard the good news Monday as they renewed the city’s medical insurance policy for 2017-18.The premiums for the upcoming year — based on…