Tag: education
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Board of Regents is requesting a $95.3 million increase in state tax funding for 32 universities and colleges in the system. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports $50 million of that…
Shane Winner, a senior and academic standout at Iola High School, assumed hed follow a predictable route after graduation: Go to a four-year state college, earn a degree and join the workforce. That path took…
A must-have for working in education is a love for children. And Faye Yockey fits that to a T. As a former school secretary for 26 years, Faye numbers her kids at Humboldt High School…
September programs at the Iola Public Library begin Thursday, Sept. 5 with with The A,B,Cs of A, B, & O Blood Types. Allen County Regional Hospitals Director of Laboratory Services, Michel Meyers, speaks about the…
Lake Johnson could have been an engineer, until he decided that he really didnt like college chemistry. It was really hard. I thought, I dont like this anymore, he said. So he changed his major…
Balloons helped teach USD 257 board members the value of a program that links freshmen with seniors at Iola High School. Board members were given two balloons each and told to keep them in the…
Kim Matney was ready for something new. Shed made a name for herself in hospitality management, opening new hotels, overseeing catering jobs, lots of stuff like that. She put her career on the backburner once…
Cherie and Mark Reimer and their two boys, ages 11 and 12, drove from Newton to Iola Saturday morning to learn about wind farms. The family took part in a tour of the new Prairie…
Don Wilmoth may be best known as a longtime principal at Iola Middle School, but athletics also played a big role in his life, according to Bill Shirley, who served as Wilmoths assistant principal and…
Christmas came early this week to all 4-year-olds in USD 257 who are now able to attend a licensed preschool at no cost to their families thanks to a $140,000 state grant. Educators view the…
