A permanent location hasn’t been decided, but Iola’s new city council will hold its inaugural meeting at the New Community Building at Riverside Park April 18.Iola commissioners approved Monday the site change to accommodate the…

By the end of the month Iola will be further invested in the oil business.Superior Products, a specialty pipeline operation, will open in the Ray Pershall Industrial Park in north Iola.The business, including warehouse and…

J’Vente Deveaux closed out the 2011 indoor track season in great fashion Saturday. The Allen County Community College sophomore claimed third place in the men’s triple jump at the 2011 NJCAA Indoor Track and Field…

Allen County Community College’s Red Devils were battered around a bit in the cold wind on Monday. Visiting Neosho County Community College’s Panthers pounded out 18 hits in two games, sweeping the doubleheader.The Panthers won…

Margarette Henkle, 91, of Iola died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.She was born May 17, 1919, near Des Moines, Iowa, to Loyd Leslie and Itah Gladys (McGhee) Walters. She…

Non sequitur is Latin for “it doesn’t follow.” Cutting the IRS budget while claiming to want to reduce the federal deficit is a non sequitur. Or, to put it in the vernacular, “doesn’t make a…

Gary Murphey, pastor at Community of Christ Church, wants to share his Mormon faith.Trouble is, nobody seems to want to listen.“We can’t get people to come to the church,” he said. “What do you do?…

The first of seven Lenten breakfasts is at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, corner of Buckeye and Madison streets.The breakfasts are free and for the public to enjoy a time of worship,…

The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting Friday night was an upbeat event liberally spiced with superlatives.— Duane’s Flowers and Allen County Community College were honored as 2010 businesses of the year.— Ed O’Malley,…

Allen County Community College’s softball team hosted Iowa Central Sunday. The Red Devils won one and lost one.Lenzie Boring threw a one-hit shutout as ACCC won 1-0 in the first game. Boring walked one batter,…