Crews began tearing down Tuesday the old USD 257 operations building, in order to make way for an expanded science building at Iola High School. The building also housed the district’s superintendent’s office until the…

It was a time when a trip to the gas station came with red-carpet treatment. An attendant not only filled the tank, he?d wash the windows, check the oil and tires, and chat like an…

Crews with Ray?s Metal Depot began demolition Monday of four houses in the 400 block of East Jackson Avenue near Iola High School. The first to be demolished was the former Cook house. The houses…

This is the second in a four-part series about the properties on Jackson Avenue sold to USD 257 to build a new science and technology building at the Iola High School campus. Part 1 is…

County crews too busy to help Garnett GARNETT — Rain damaged county roads mean Anderson County won’t be able to help the City of Garnett with chip and seal projects on some city streets this…

With Iola City Council members rejecting overtures from a developer in February to convert an old nursing home into an apartment complex here, the fate of the empty, crumbling building shouldn’t be neglected, one Council…

Removing a set of buildings a sidewalk?s width from one of Iola?s busiest streets caused quite the commotion Monday. Crews from Mueller and Sons removed the buildings ? a pair of two-story structures and a…