The Iola High School forensics team finished 12th at a state competition this past weekend. Even though the contest was virtual, students and faculty did their best to make it feel like an event. IHS…

First- and second-graders from Jefferson Elementary School sat in rapt attention when Henry Cole, famed author and illustrator, shared with the students his love affair with drawing. “This is the best birthday present I ever…

“Cones are a pretty tricky thing.” So says IHS senior/Iola Register intern Grace Garner, who just started her first paid job at the Iola Dairy Queen. Garner has been hard at it after school for…

The sound of crying babies filled the air at Monday’s USD 257 board meeting. They weren’t actual babies, but computerized dolls used in Iola High School’s Family and Consumer Sciences Class to teach high school…

PARSONS — Iola High’s Chris Holloway took home eighth place Wednesday at the Parsons Invitational. Holloway carded a 48 over the nine-hole tournament at Katy Golf Course. He was followed by Kendall Glaze, who shot…

The city will be alive with the sound of music Saturday as Iola Middle and High School band students take part in two tuneful fundraisers. Some of those notes, though, might not make your list…

Iola High School celebrated its prom on Saturday. A day filled with rainy weather cleared and the sun came out just in time for the Grand March. A large crowd turned out to see students…

Rhegan Fischer’s after-school job is probably very different from that of most 16-year-olds. Instead of flipping burgers or waiting tables, she’s helping long-term care patients with their daily activities at Windsor Place of Iola. Fischer…

Once a new science and technology building is completed, it will be another year or so before the old one comes down. USD 257 board members decided to hold off on demolition of the science…

After venting frustration about state lawmakers and a new law, USD 257 board members voted 6-1 to change their mask mandate from “required” to “recommended.” “It offends me,” said school board President Dan Willis about…