It’s barely an exaggeration to note the Iola Municipal Band is almost as old as Iola, the town. The band’s weekly summertime concert series has been a fixture here since 1871, the longest continually performing…

TOPEKA — Unbeknownst to pretty much everyone in attendance, and those watching from home, but Monday’s  news that the Kansas City Chiefs will move to the Kansas side of the state line carried a unique…

TOPEKA — South Korean residents who move to Kansas are able to exchange their driver’s licenses for state credentials under an agreement solidified Monday, and Kansans can do the same in South Korea. The agreement…

Iola native David Toland, the state’s secretary of commerce and lieutenant governor, will not run for governor in 2026. The Kansas Reflector reported Tuesday that Toland ruled out a run for governor and any other…

The Kansas Department of Commerce hired a man convicted of multiple financial felony crimes to oversee millions in federal pandemic aid. He then worked as an interim city clerk in a small Kansas town. Now…

Scott Toland left Iola 18 years ago ready to take on the world. His goals were ambitious from the start.  Go to college, perhaps follow his father’s footsteps to law school, then work in some…

David Toland’s experience as a student at Allen Community College was brief. He enrolled in a handful of summer classes between his freshman and sophomore years while he attended the University of Kansas. His class…

Craig VanWey, the Kansas Department of Commerce’s manager for in-state business development, offered an overview of the department’s recent accomplishments and ongoing efforts at Iola Rotary Club’s meeting Thursday. A Parsons High graduate, VanWey joined…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly prevailed in a whirlwind economic development competition Wednesday by landing a commitment from Panasonic Corp. to build the largest electric vehicle battery plant in the world at an industrial park…

Moran and Humboldt were among 40 rural communities to recently be awarded Community Development Block Grants totalling more than $17.6 million to improve their infrastructure.  The awards are administered by the Kansas Department of Commerce…