Construction at the new Iola Elementary School at Kentucky and Monroe streets in high gear. Masonry work continues, with walls for the new gymnasium on the west end starting to take shape. Meanwhile, things are…

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…

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…

USD 257’s website is posting twice-weekly updates on COVID-19 numbers and quarantines in the district.

Iola schools will enforce a mask mandate when 4% of the students and staff at a building test positive for COVID-19.  School board members met in a special meeting Friday afternoon to discuss COVID criteria,…

Information about how many USD 257 students are quarantined because of COVID-19 may be available in the near future. Some school districts, including Chanute and Yates Center, post such information on their websites. USD 257…

Jessica Tanner worries her son will be infected by COVID-19 again. He barely survived the first time. Connor McCullough, age 12, was diagnosed with the coronavirus in late January.  A healthy boy with no underlying…

As USD 257 board members prepare to open the doors on a new science building in the coming weeks, they’re also considering how to close the doors on the three elementary schools. Board members heard…

While the needle hasn’t moved on a mask mandate — USD 257 still recommends face masks, but isn’t requiring them — the school board approved a new COVID-19 testing policy and sought to reassure a…