Dear editor,I feel it is important for all voters to understand state aid for capital improvement, otherwise referred to as bond and interest aid. This is the 51 percent funding that USD 257 would receive…

Just when you thought the campaign for new schools could not get any more divisive, out comes a flyer declaring the bond issue would bankrupt every Iola household.The flyer is nothing short of fear-mongering, half-truths…

About 25 vendors will flood the Recreation Building in Riverside Park Saturday for Iola’s annual Business Expo.The event — “Sneak a Peek into the Holidays” — will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with…

The lights in the Bowlus auditorium dimmed just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday for the Griffin Theatre Company’s production of “Letters Home,” a play inspired by the real-life correspondence exchanged between soldiers and their families…

The proposed site for new schools remains a sticking point for opponents.It took years for USD 257 Board of Education members to find what they considered the best site for new elementary and high schools…

Our dear beloved aunt, Blanche N. Boman, 85, Las Cruces, N.M. entered eternal life on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 at University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Blanche was born July 28, 1929, in Moran…

FREDONIA — Too many matches in too many days didn’t help Humboldt High’s volleyball team Tuesday night. The team dropped both of its matches.“We have played 10 matches in four days and the girls did…

After a devastating loss to Burlington to open district play, Iola High’s football team will be looking for its first district win against Anderson County on Friday.Iola led Burlington 21-8 in the third quarter last…

“Never underestimate the power of a woman,” Nellie McClung, Canadian suffragist and author, said a century ago.Wichitan Lynn Stephan may never have heard of McClung, but she certainly has seized on the idea that women…

Dear editor,As a Christian who believes America was founded on Christian values, I believe many of the problems America faces today are the result of straying away from those values.We need to know how the…