Maybe the third time will be the charm. Iola school board members voted to extend an agreement with BNIM, a Kansas City development firm, for a third year. The company hopes to convert three former…

A ribbon cutting Monday at the SEK Multi-County Health Department in Iola served to announce the office is now a breast milk drop-off location.  The Oklahoma Mothers Milk Bank, which manages a network across Oklahoma,…

COLONY — Head on over to Colony Saturday for a “Home Grown” celebration. The activities include an assortment of classic, small-town festivities including a parade, corn hole tournament, ice cream social, cakewalk and pie-eating contests.…

Scott Toland left Iola 18 years ago ready to take on the world. His goals were ambitious from the start.  Go to college, perhaps follow his father’s footsteps to law school, then work in some…

HUMBOLDT — When used intentionally, technology can bring people together. This year’s Middle of Everywhere music festival aims to create a fusion of social events, both live and virtual, for Labor Day weekend. The three-day…

Community members are encouraged to attend Monday evening’s Iola City Council meeting to discuss traffic concerns.  At the Aug. 12 meeting, council member Kim Peterson requested two traffic items be reviewed. The first is with…

HUMBOLDT — Reading intervention teacher Bonnie Welch hopes a bright new reading room will inspire her students, not only while they are in her class, but long after.  “It’s exciting to see what you pour…

Work on an extensive transmission line project is inching closer to Allen County. The line’s route will traverse Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Bourbon, and Crawford counties in Kansas, and Barton and Jasper counties in Missouri. In…

Allen Community College is welcoming more students this year, including those who are staying in dorms. It’s a good start and evidence that years of work are starting to pay off, said John Masterson, longtime…

The City of Iola will host a public meeting Sept. 9 to seek community input on alternatives for an upcoming lagoon project. The $11.2 million project is a step toward addressing excess ammonia in the…