Iola Middle School’s golf team finally got to play at home. The IMS Invitational came on the final day of the Ponies’ season. It was scheduled for April 4 but bad weather postponed the home…

Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church has invited the community to partake in a “Sing”-O de Mayo celebration Saturday. Pastor Trudy Kenyon Anderson and church member Jenel Eisbenbart said the event was well under way before…

A full house focused on how best to mark the Bowlus Fine Arts Center’s 50th birthday at a brainstorming session Monday night at the Creitz Recital Hall. “We may get a new school. And we’re…

After having retired a couple times, Don Bauer is working as hard as ever and hopes to add to his responsibilities later this year. Bauer, 71, is a candidate for the District 3 seat on…

Carol Ann (Pollman) Wimsett, 72, Chanute, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel.…

Dear editor, The public has been asked to comment on a proposed charter ordinance changing our City Council elections to four-year staggered terms. I suggest a different model:  Reduce the council to four members plus…