Iola’s close ties to the Neosho River will be examined at “A River Runs Through It” a Thursday program examining how the river helped shape the local community. The Neosho runs along Iola’s eastern city…

A project to recognize local veterans and active military personnel with banners in downtown Iola has begun. Members of the Iola Community Improvement Task Force/PRIDE Committee and the Veterans Day Committee are accepting orders for…

HUMBOLDT — Rick Hall got his point across — sort of — at Monday night’s city council meeting here. Hall has opposed an expansion of the city shop compound at the north edge of Camp…

For the first time in its five-year history, the Iola City Council failed to meet because too many members were absent. When only four councilmen arrived for Monday’s planned meeting — Donald Becker, Nancy Ford,…

Iola’s efforts to make its streets safer has drawn the attention of AAA. The American Automobile Association presented Iola Police Chief Jared Warner with the AAA’s highly coveted Platinum Award. The presentation came at the…

This afternoon, Rep. Kent Thompson, R-LaHarpe, will consider drastic cuts to public libraries that would likely force the closings of libraries in Humboldt, Moran and Savonburg and reduce Iola’s public library to little more than…

June Marie Roeder, 74, rural Colony, died Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. June was born July 14, 1941, in Colony, the daughter of Loyal and Imogene (McCullough) Fulton. She…

Members of the Kansas House Tax Committee will hear a measure today to remove income tax exemptions that benefit LLCs and lower the state sales tax on food from 6.5 percent to 2.6 percent. “It’s…

Work has resumed this month to remove lead-tainted soil from residential properties throughout Iola. Melinda Luetke, on-scene coordinator for the Environmental Protection Agency, noted more than 85 of the 350 targeted properties have been cleared…

Outs were at a premium as runs flowed in nice and easy for Allen Community College and Independence Community College in their doubleheader on Thursday in Iola.  After dropping game one 10-9 in a game…