Tag: businesses
“When Spring Comes,” a Kevin Henkes book for very young readers, is displayed in windows of 16 businesses around the square, thanks to the efforts of Iola Friends of the Library Stephanie Larson and Mary…
About 20 people were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, as severe storms dumped an official 4 inches of rain overnight, though locals recorded easily double that amount. Emergency…
With a change of venue from previous years, the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner Thursday night in the community building at Riverside Park. The gymnasium was packed with approximately 160 guests.…
A quick walk around Iola’s square found Chiefs fans in almost every business, making for a ruby Red Friday before Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.
Iola High School students met with college and business representatives on Thursday for a College & Career Fair. Freshmen, from left, Adriel Pina, Frankie Lara and Damasio Moncada talk with Neosho County Community College’s Career…
TOPEKA — University of Kansas scientist Nancy Muma said the average person inadvertently accumulated in the body a credit-card sized amount of plastic each week by breathing air and consuming water. Muma, who earned a…
A College and Career Fair at Iola High School on Thursday is an opportunity for students and the local business community to bridge a generational gap. “I hope it eliminates some of the misconceptions” between…
TOPEKA — Seventy percent of the 300 Kansas business owners and executives surveyed said state and local taxes were too high and three-fourths agreed the state’s economy would expand once tax obligations were reduced, the…
Baker Sigg, age 3 months, slept through his first meeting with Santa Claus. Baker and older brother Cassius Sigg, age 2, visit with Santa at the Downtown Christmas Block Party on Friday evening. They are…
