Local music lovers were treated to an entertaining concert Feb. 17 presented by the Iola Area Symphony Orchestra. Led by conductor Dr. Gregory Turner, the theme was “What Does the Clarinet Say?”  The featured artist…

Farm City Days, USD 257 and Humanity House are presenting to the students of Iola and Humboldt the Serious Comedian, Keith Deltano, who will be addressing bullying, cyberbullying, and resilience.  In Humboldt, the assembly will…

Iola High School and Iola Middle School students were treated to an assortment of dazzling bike stunts Wednesday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Forward BMX Shows performers Joe Mednikoff, above and lower left, and…

The Iola Area Symphony Orchestra will present its winter concert Sunday afternoon, under the direction of Gregory Turner, including a rendition of “Peter And the Wolf” narrated by new Bowlus Fine Arts Center Director Daniel…

Groups that use the Bowlus Fine Arts Center could get a bit of sticker shock later this year, in the form of a change in rental rates. For some groups, that could mean hundreds of…

Lincoln Elementary School fourth-grader Kinsey Jelinek won the Allen County Spelling Bee Friday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Keira Fawson, a seventh-grader at Iola Middle School, was runner-up.

The winter Iola Reads selection will cover Mary Shelley’s classic horror tale, “Frankenstein.” At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, the 201-year-old classic tells the…

McKinley Elementary School staff want to see parents in the school, Principal Angie Linn told USD 257 Board of Education members at Monday night’s meeting. To that end, they’ve introduced a series of “Parent Nights,”…

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt surprised students from Royster Middle School in Chanute who had traveled to the Bowlus to visit an exhibit on the Magna Carta on Thursday afternoon. The exhibit was created by…

Long before World of Warcraft, Harry Potter or video game roll-playing entered the cultural stratosphere, one fantasy world stood above all others — Dungeons & Dragons. Referred to by most as D&D, the Dungeons &…