Iola celebrated Halloween Thursday with variety of activities. Throngs of youngsters flocked to Iola’s Riverside Park for the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Trunk or Treat, the first time the event has been held at…

Academic excellence comes naturally for Iola senior Jaydon Morrison. “I had always been getting As throughout grade school and middle school,” he said. “I made the decision freshman year that I was going to dedicate…

When Abigail Meiwes thinks back on her childhood, she remembers the books. Rows and rows of books.  “My mom turned a whole wall of our house into a library. And so there was a lot…

Iola’s FFA team won a state title and Kyser Nemecek secured an individual state medal at the April 29-30 state competition. Iola teams competed in Dairy Cattle Evaluation, Poultry Judging, and Livestock Judging. The poultry…

Jennifer Terrell, 4-H Youth Development leader with the Southwind Extension District, center, accepts a $2,500 donation from Kristi Noonan, left, and Cameron Roth of Vaughn-Roth Land Brokers of Burlington. Roth said the gift is in…

Iola FFA recently had three district proficiency winners with their Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE). Jaydon Morrison won in the area of poultry production; Kyser Nemecek in swine entrepreneurship; and Hallie Sutherland in diversified crop production…

“I’m proud to be a part of the 2% that feeds the other 98%,” declared Aidan Yoho about his experience in farming.  A freshman at Allen Community College, Yoho recently won first place in the…

Call it a “happy accident.” Jaydon Morrison discovered FFA thanks to a scheduling error. He unintentionally found himself taking an agri-science class when he first entered Iola High School as a freshman. He sat in…

Humboldt senior Garren Goodner’s journey into the world of FFA began his freshman year when he enrolled in a horticulture class. Little did he know that this initial step would sow the seeds for a…