Asking hard questions, and giving hard answers, makes an effective city council member, Ron Ballard says. For example, a few years back Iola’s leaders were considering adding a solar plant on the edge of town,…

Should Joel Wicoff be re-elected to the Iola City Council, many of the issues facing the city, such as  balancing budgets, setting utility costs and dealing with changes in the ambulance program, may look quite…

While there’s no name on the ballot, voters in the northeast part of Iola will have options when they head to the polls a week from today. Carl Slaugh, retired Iola city administrator, notified the…