Before Matt Baumwart became the athletics director and assistant principal at Iola High School, he was the assistant principal at Iola Middle School for a few years. His background includes a heavy emphasis on sports.…

Raymond Hale, the county’s next undersheriff, is quite familiar with the area. His family moved to Allen County when he was in fourth grade, when he attended Gas Elementary School. He graduated from Iola High…

Demolition began Wednesday at the former science building at Iola High School. A new science building opened last fall, but the old facility was kept to use the cafeteria to prepare elementary school meals. A…

George Remsberg remembers well when his family’s love of sports took root. The three brothers — Jim was the oldest, then came George and then little brother, Dale — hadn’t really given much thought about…

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Three members of the Iola High School FFA were recognized for having some of the best Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs in the state at the 94th Kansas FFA Convention, June 1-3.…

SALINA — The little things made a big difference Thursday. Iola High’s Mustangs, who had swept through regionals a week ago with some of their best baseball of the season, saw the tables turned in…

The route to the state baseball tournament may not have followed the original path Iola High’s Mustangs expected to follow this season. But that matters nada when you get a pitching performance like Iola received…

Trent Jones isn’t going far to continue his wrestling career. The Iola High senior signed a letter of intent Friday to wrestle at Neosho County Community College next season. “It’s a local school, and I…

A little good-natured ribbing and friendly competition can inspire students to give their best, and that seemed to be on display Friday at the Little Oscars.  Iola High School senior Austin Morris joked that every…

SparkNotes, Slater and Quizlet. No, those aren’t the names of bands you’ve never heard of. They’re educational apps well-known to today’s high school students, and they were invaluable tools to help them navigate through the…