Multiple layers of varying colors of clouds swept through Iola from the north this morning, with the arrival of a storm front expected to keep the area drenched the next few days. A flash flood…

Iolan Georgia Masterson, left, is one of only a handful of voters to cast ballots this morning in the Iola City Council primary election. The primary vote is open to those living in Iola’s third…

Janet Wilson and Collene Ellis hosted Monday’s meeting of Kappa Alpha sorority. Fourteen members attended. The group’s next fundraiser is Sept. 7 with the Trunk and Treasures, to be set up in the old Country…

In a case of ?MTV-meets-Iola? fun, a group of about 40 gathered for a short music video production featuring local singer Damaris Kunkler Sunday. The event was organized by Kunkler as a way to promote…

Iolans living in the southwest quadrant of town — west of Cottonwood Street and south of Breckenridge — are the only Allen Countians who will partake in a primary election vote Tuesday. Voters will choose…

So long, pins and gutters. Welcome, pews and Bibles. Country Lanes closed its doors for good this week, after owner Jim Valentine reached an agreement to sell the bowling alley to Iola?s Harvest Baptist Church.…

In seeking a seat on the Iola City Council, Kyle King vows to bring a business sense to his decision-making. “I’m of the opinion that the city — Iola — really needs to quit spending…

Members of Iola’s First Presbyterian Church have been assisting Marmaton Valley USD 257 Superintendent of Schools Ken McWhirter as he repaints his house on the outskirts of Moran. Giving a hand on Thursday were, from…

The Farm-City Days Committee is offering a training session Sunday evening for volunteers to help man a concessions booth at Kansas City Chiefs home football games this fall.  The committee mans the booth as a…

Henry Kramer, 8, of Square B 4-H Club, manhandles his steer Monday at the 4H-FFA Livestock Auction, one of the final events of the 2019 Allen County Fair. The fair concludes Saturday with a mud…