Iola city officials will decide on a strategy in the coming days for the Recreation Community Building at Riverside Park. The building has been shuttered after its floor was damaged due to flooding in October.…

USD 257 officials are looking for a new director of operations, after Scott Stanley announced he will leave the position at the end of the month. Stanley accepted a position with a real estate development…

USD 257 school board members gave their stamp of approval for a new elementary school at the intersection of Monroe and Kentucky streets in Iola at their meeting Monday night. The vote was 6-1.  The bond issue…

Students and staff at Lincoln Elementary School will have the opportunity to attend the funeral of a beloved fourth-grade teacher who died unexpectedly early Monday. Classes will be canceled for Lincoln students Thursday. Audrey Gardner,…

Members who have studied Iola schools for the past year are hoping good things come in threes. Because that’s what they proposed to USD 257 board of education members Monday night. At the top of…

McKinley Elementary School staff want to see parents in the school, Principal Angie Linn told USD 257 Board of Education members at Monday night’s meeting. To that end, they’ve introduced a series of “Parent Nights,”…

USD 257 board members and the public can expect to hear a long-awaited proposal for a new elementary school in Iola at a meeting tonight. A steering committee has been studying the state of district…

The libraries at Iola’s elementary schools probably don’t sound like the libraries from generations past. You won’t find a stern librarian admonishing children with a hushed “Shhhh!” or students afraid to speak above a whisper.…

Board members expect to hear a recommendation for a new elementary school at their next meeting, 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. Members of a steering committee studying the issue have decided what type of elementary…

Another good-sized crowd attended Monday night’s meeting to discuss new schools for local students. With terrible acoustics, a weather-beaten gymnasium and a rattling ventilation system, perhaps Lincoln Elementary was the perfect venue to illustrate the…