The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce held an after-hours meeting for members Tuesday evening at Sam & Louie’s Italian Restaurant on North State Street. Appetizers and drinks were served as business members shared updates as…

Crest High School Family and Consumer Science students teamed up Tuesday to decorate Christmas trees to greet visitors for the holiday season. The students had two such trees to trim before the end of their…

Pastor Steve Traw gave the sermon, “The Home of One’s Heart,” from Ecclesiastes 3:10-11. We often ask ourselves what we want in life, or where life leads without God. If we turn to God, we…

“The Light of Hope” was the title of Pastor Chase Riebel’s message from John, chapters 7 and 8. Jesus gives hope by shining in the darkness. God is bigger than any thing that might come…

The CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program of the 31st Judicial District  is hosting a coat drive for children within the program in need of help this winter. CASA is partnering with Iola Pharmacy and…

Iola Rotarians delivered 50 Thanksgiving boxes to the less fortunate Sunday afternoon. Boxes included fixings for a Thanksgiving meal, cereal, spaghetti and other food items, along with a $50 gift certificate to G&W Foods of…

CPI Technologies celebrated its new Iola location at 2 N. Washington Ave., Friday afternoon with a ribbon cutting organized by the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce.  Vern and Toni Starks founded the company in 1963,…

Jayden Smart presented the recently married couple Jimmy and Elka (Billings) Barton with a quilt for their military service at Sunday’s Colony Christian Church service.   Elka led the worship singing “O Taste and See,”…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Helen Gray for suspicion of battery and endangering a child Saturday evening in the 600 block of South Cottonwood Avenue. Officers arrested Koi Ginder Sunday afternoon at Sigg Motors…

The Iola Elks donated $1,000 to the Adopt a Child program organized by Iola’s First Baptist Church. The money was part of the Elks National Foundation Gratitude grant they received to give back to the…