Former Iola High standout Madisyn Holloway will play basketball at Allen Community College for the next two seasons. This past year, Holloway, who graduated from IHS in 2019, completed her one year of cosmetology school…

Football, volleyball, boys soccer and all other fall sports will play as originally scheduled this fall. The Kansas State High School Activities Association’s executive board voted 5-4 against a postponement proposal Tuesday, ruling athletics will…

Twenty youngsters tested their gridiron skills Monday evening at the Mustang Football Youth Skills camp at Riverside Park.  The camp continues through Thursday giving kids in grades third through fifth the chance to work on…

Perhaps it’s fitting that a high school musical delayed four months by a global pandemic should focus on the paradoxical nature of life and love: how we find the balance between what’s safe and what’s…

River Hess said he would have been happy winning a prize for “Best Puppet Design” at the long-delayed and scaled down Little Oscars event Friday evening.  Spoiler alert: He didn’t win that category. But he…

After being delayed two months by the COVID-19 pandemic, on Saturday Iola High School’s graduating class of 2020 finally got its day in the sun. “I’m glad the community could find a way to celebrate…

Jarrett Roy is on new turf at Iola High School.  A recent graduate of Emporia State this past spring, Roy is currently in charge of Iola’s summer strength and conditioning program. When the academic year…

Iola High School’s forensics team hosted a showcase of various acting and speaking pieces Wednesday at the courthouse bandstand in downtown Iola. The forensics season was cut short this spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Athletics at Iola High have been on hold since boys tennis competed in an away tournament on March 12 at Independence. The COVID-19 pandemic may have ruined the spring season for athletes, but on the…

Three Iola High School FFA members earned state-winning proficiencies in their respective work projects. Levi Meiwes was declared a State Star Farmer. Brody Nemecek was noted for his diversified livestock projects. Casen Barker was recognized…