Students and staff began moving into their new science and technology building, with the first day of classes scheduled for Monday, Oct. 4. The building will offer science, engineering, family and consumer education classes and…

It’s a lucky problem to have, but county commissioners came to the realization on Monday that it isn’t easy to give away $2.4 million.  And it will be especially difficult considering they’ve already had requests…

Students who choose to stay in school rather than quarantine because of exposure to COVID-19 will need to be tested every day, according to a new policy adopted by the Iola school board and recommended…

Carnival fans may get their wish after all with the upcoming Farm-City Days. Committee members hope to have a contract signed soon to bring a carnival for the Oct. 14-17 celebration. The carnival has been…

It’s a scene we’ve all seen: The hero floats down a raging river toward a waterfall and certain doom. Imagine watching something like that for the first time, in a movie on a big screen,…

A warm, sunny day helped bring a large crowd to the Kincaid Fair for Saturday’s parade. Instead of a carnival, area youth played on inflatable bounce houses and games. The change proved quite popular, as…

The status of an empty nursing home/residential care facility on North Walnut Street is once again on the Iola City Council’s radar. Becky Nilges, who lives a few blocks north of the old Iola Nursing…

MORAN — It was a night of tough love. Either shop at the Marmaton Market, or Moran’s lone grocery store will close by the first of the year, if not earlier. “This is a very…

As leaders from 17 Southeast Kansas counties descended on Iola Thursday for a regional meeting of public officials, they faced road construction from three of the four directions heading into town. That might have been…

Beautiful weather greeted a large crowd Thursday afternoon at the Allen County Airport for the Fly Kansas Air Tour, an annual event sponsored by the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education and the Kansas Department of…