Tag: Iola KS

Warmer, dryer weather is certain to hype the anticipation for fresh produce at the Allen County Farmers Market. On top of the fresh produce, baked goods, food items and hand-crafted items at Thursday’s session in…

On June 28, Aileen Wilson plans to slip out the door of the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce with no one the wiser. Chances are, that?s not going to happen. If anyone, Aileen has been…

I called my mother at mid-afternoon on July 29. The question was always same, as was the answer. “How’d you feel (a certain number of) years ago?” “Great! I’d just had a wonderful baby boy.”…

Sitting right in the heart of the town square at 110 S. Jefferson in Iola, the mother and son duo of Karla and Terrell Ingroum, stand behind a counter acting as mad scientists of all…

Piper Moore has always dreamt of being a physician. The Iola High School senior, who will graduate with a 4.0 grade-point average Saturday, has her schooling picked out in advance. First is the University of…

With continued cost increases and quality concerns mounting with current 911 services provided by Neosho County, Chanute City Manager, Jeff Cantrell, went before Allen County commissioners Tuesday to ask if they would consider allowing Chanute…

The debut of a 1940 film about Iola was anything but silent. Chatter filled the Iola High School lecture hall as the Allen County Historical Society showed the recently discovered short film, “Iola on Parade.”…

Daily bus service from Iola to Wichita going west, and from Iola to Joplin going east and south, with stops in between is available from Beeline Express, a commercial bus service. In a news release…

Two years after finding and marrying his soul mate, Rafael Zhettah loses her to murder in “Confessions of an Innocent Man” by David Dow.  Bewildered, he soon finds himself on death row for the crime,…

Members of the Iola High School robotics class gave a demonstration Thursday of their robots in a simulated competition. The Vex Robotics can be programmed to run a course or can be manually controlled with…