Amanda Rodriguez and her family didn’t know Iola was building a new school when they moved here recently from Arkansas. “It was a nice surprise,” she said. “To know the community cares enough to invest…

An added section of U.S. 169 between Humboldt and Chanute will be closed to all traffic starting Monday. The Kansas Department of Transportation announced Friday that work to rebuild the highway will start between Delaware…

There’s no going back now. Crews started moving into the new Iola Elementary School on Wednesday morning, even as construction continued throughout the building. The plan for an Aug. 16 open house, with the first…

School starts in about a month. That fact alone might raise the anxiety level of most students, parents and teachers. For those in USD 257, it’s even more daunting. There’s just a handful of weeks…

Allen County has spent months preparing for highway construction work south of Humboldt, which is now expected to begin in early August. When it happens, it will cause heavy truck traffic to travel on county…

A group tasked with overseeing the county’s health facilities got their first look at a remodel project at Allen County Regional Hospital. The hospital facilities board took a tour of the construction site at the…

It took a bit longer than planned, but the rebuilt U.S. 54 overpass spanning the Union Pacific Railroad line at Moran has reopened for traffic. The overpass had been closed to traffic since last summer,…

During the first five months of 1972, construction has started on 15 new homes in Iola. The construction spree accompanies an announcement just last week of the relocation of Inter Collegiate Press here. Practically all…

Construction at the new elementary school is reaching a new phase — a more secure phase. Fencing, gates and other security measures are being installed around the construction site. The building is nearly enclosed and…

School board president Dan Willis bounced up and down with the excitement of a child as he showed off the gymnasium at Iola Elementary School. “This is probably the biggest elementary gymnasium in Kansas,” he…