With a nationwide shortage of commercially licensed drivers, the Iola school district hopes a boost in pay will entice new bus drivers and encourage existing ones to stay. The USD 257 school board voted to…

A livestream political forum with local school board candidates will be available on Facebook at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The forum will take place at The Foundry (formerly Trinity United Methodist Church) but will not be…

Moran Days will return Saturday for the 75th annual celebration, “Red, White and Blue Jubilee.” The events of the day include a parade at 11 a.m., and candy can be thrown. Grand marshals for the…

School board candidates for USD 257 will participate in a forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Foundry (formerly Trinity United Methodist Church).  A livestream will be available on Facebook, under Iola United Methodist Churches…

HUMBOLDT — With a nary a whimper, Humboldt city council members unanimously passed their 2022 budget Monday evening that retains its 93.742 mill levy. The city is sitting comfortably, City Administrator Cole Herder said, with…

Don Tatman escaped injury Monday morning when the riding mower he was piloting caught fire. Tatman had been mowing a lot near the intersection of State and Benton streets when he stopped to retrieve a…

A group of concerned parents and others returned to the Iola school district’s board meeting Monday to discuss mask mandates and new COVID protocols, offering passionate and occasionally heated arguments on the matter. It’s a…

Iola will go its own way for ambulance services in 2022. City Council members voted, 6-2, Monday evening to continue providing emergency medical services in Iola’s city limits, apart from the county ambulance system. For…

Iola Reads and others paid tribute to first responders and those lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. About 200 came to walk around the courthouse square, wearing lanyards that represented a first responder who…

Area first responders including police, fire, dispatchers and EMS are pictured by department.