Preliminary designs of new school buildings for USD 257 were unveiled Monday night. The contrast between old and new is dramatic. A predominantly glass-enclosed cafeteria, for example, is not only an inviting environment for students…

Iola High School Scholars Bowl teammates compete against each other in a mock contest for the USD 257 Board of Education Monday night.

Jennifer Nielsen, author of “A Night Divided,” a story of a girl and her family divided by construction of the Berlin Wall at the onset of the Cold War, will talk about her book Tuesday…

USD 257 board members are debating a question raised by a student earlier this year: Should the district really have so many equine mascots? A Mustang is a type of horse, both male and female.…

A school bus is a moving classroom, USD 257 bus driver Pat Spencer, of Gas, said. Drivers have to convince a group of children to behave, stay seated and follow the rules, while navigating through…

School board members were all smiles Monday evening after hearing the geo-tech report concerning land at Kentucky and Monroe streets, targeted as the site of a new elementary school. Going into the meeting, the board…

Charlie Gottlob and his father, Lincoln Elementary School principal Andy Gottlob, watch a performance of the Reba E. Davis Memorial Drumming Ensemble during a fundraiser at the school Monday evening. The event raised nearly $6,000…

The fall Iola Reads book selection is “A Night Divided” by Jennifer Nielsen.  The upper elementary/middle school level book is about Gerta, a girl in East Berlin who finds her family suddenly divided by the…

Two types of soil tests have been completed at the proposed site of a new elementary school at Kentucky and Monroe streets, though final results have not yet been released. The USD 257 school board…

Although fewer students are attending USD 257 schools, board members were relieved the news wasn’t as bad as they feared. USD 257  and USD 258 in Humboldt reported decreases in student enrollments. Moran schools, meanwhile,…