Having a day care means getting to celebrate Christmas with children, years after your own are grown. Donna Ross of Moran has been watching area children for more than 40 years. Each year at Christmastime,…

Santa Claus came to town on Wednesday to read stories with the Library Littles at the Iola Public Library. Several youngsters also sang Christmas tunes for Jolly Old Saint Nick.

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…

One of the certainties in setting a city budget well in advance of the upcoming year is that there will be surprises down the road, Iola City Administrator Matt Rehder noted Monday. To wit, when…

The owners of a pair of senior living facilities in Allen County have filed for bankruptcy. Papers filed by Dimensions in Senior Living LLC, which owns Greystone Residential Care in Iola and Arrowood Lane Residential…

After weeks of discussion, Allen County commissioners signed on to Iola’s Neighborhood Revitalization Plan. The county will keep its tiered rebate reimbursement plan, while the three other participating entities will change theirs. That was a…

Clyde Toland’s 27-year endeavor to tell about Frederick Funston’s early years is complete. “Yankee Hero: Frederick Funston, Expedicionario in the Cuban Liberation Army,” is the third and final volume of Toland’s “Becoming Frederick Funston” released…

The past year has been challenging for food service professionals in USD 257, Robert Vicin, regional manager with OPAA! Food Management service, told school board members Monday evening. To start, the district opened a new…

The Iola Middle and High school bands performed a variety of holiday-themed numbers during a concert on Monday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The bands are under the instruction of Brandi Holt.

(Note: Macie Hoag is a senior at Iola High School.) One of my favorite Christmas memories over the years was in 2012. I would have been seven years old and obsessed with Barbies.  Probably everything…