The public is invited to a meeting Tuesday evening at LaHarpe City Hall to discuss a proposed new elementary school for USD 257 students in preschool through fifth grade. Engineers and architects with Schaefer Johnson…
Two of Iolas three existing elementary school buildings could be converted into affordable living complexes for older adults, if voters eventually decide to build a new school, USD 257 Board of Education members learned Monday…
Generations of students have gone through high school with a well-established notion of how their educational paths would lead. Learn the essentials reading, writing, arithmetic prepare for college, and if theyve kept up…
When in fourth grade, Michael Cuestas reached the pinnacle of success for elementary school: He won the school spelling bee. Cuestas weathered the contest, despite the doubts instilled by those, including his friends, who told…
High School Football: Bulldogs 42, Mustangs 6 GARNETT Frustration gave way to an apathetic effort on the part of the Iola Mustang football team Friday night in their 42-6 road bell-ringing at the hands…
Its Wednesday, 8 a.m., breakfast time in the Toddler Room at Iolas Head Start preschool. Three adults and two towheaded toddlers sit in small chairs around a small table. The adults knees are all visible…
It’s Wednesday, 8 a.m., breakfast time in the Toddler Room at Iola’s Head Start preschool. Three adults and two towheaded toddlers sit in small chairs around a small table. The adults’ knees are all visible…
The Iola High School girls tennis raised more than $1,500 last year to benefit hurricane victims in Texas, courtesy of their serving skills. The beneficiaries this year will be much closer to home. On Wednesday,…
Like any move, shifting art, choir and drama classes from the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to Iola High School came with challenges. Some were logistical: Where do you find space for the new classrooms? Others…
Riley Jones, left, digs into a biscuits and gravy breakfast next to his grandfather, Bill Wilson of Iola, at Lincoln Elementary School during the Grands for Grandparents event Friday morning. The three elementary schools in…