Month: November 2017
Statistics indicate as many as one-quarter of Kansas’ low-income families are eligible to receive food assistance from the state, but for one reason or another, do not.Rural areas are even more pronounced, noted Joey Hentzler…
Tom Ellis on Tuesday asked Allen County commissioners to consider making the intersection of highways 54 and 169 at the east edge of Iola a hallmark feature.In a prepared statement, Ellis said: “I’m here to…
Molley has been parked. Fearless Fred is ready to roll.A small group gathered at the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce Tuesday for the maiden voyage of Fearless Fred, the name given the Chamber’s recently acquired…
In an effort to prove “fake news” abounds, a conservative activist group called Project Veritas attempted earlier this week to dupe the Washington Post into publishing a story about a woman who claimed Roy Moore,…
The Iola boys and girls basketball teams may not play their first home games until Dec. 15, but fans will get their first peek of the 2017-18 squads on Thursday when both teams compete in…
Planning has started anew for how to go about bringing schools up to snuff in USD 257.Will there be new structures, remodel and update of what we have or some combination?The district has hired a…
Mike Ford doesn’t like to beg.Nevertheless, the Iola Police Department’s public resource officer is asking for public support with IPD’s annual Project Care effort.Through Project Care, the Police Department assists 40 area youngsters enrolled in…
Iola City Council members took another step in attempting to balance the city’s electric fund Monday by incorporating a new, higher rate structure.The aim, they agreed, is to bring an additional 4.2 percent into the…
OSAWATOMIE — After a week off for Thanksgiving, the Iola Middle School girls’ basketball team got back after it and traveled to take on Osawatomie on Monday. The Ponies only brought their seventh- and eighth-grade…
