If you’re going to step outside your comfort zone, sometimes it helps to step outside your environment. Iola middle and high school band students recently returned from a trip to St. Louis, where they watched…

PITTSBURG — The Iola High School, Middle School and Elementary School Special Olympics unified sports team met in Pittsburg on Wednesday for a regional bowling meet.  The student-athletes were separated into divisions based on their…

The Iola Middle School girls basketball teams matched up with Santa Fe Trail on Tuesday night at home.  The eighth and seventh grade varsity squads lost to Santa Fe Trail, 45-28 and 24-4, respectively, while…

The Iola Middle School girls eighth grade varsity, seventh grade varsity and junior varsity basketball teams were all outscored at Wellsville on Monday.  The varsity eighth-graders took a 30-point lopsided blunder to the Eagles, 50-20.…

All A’s (4.0 GPA) Eighth grade Ean DeLaTorre, Zoie Hesse, Kinsey Jelinek, Abigail Jerome, Franklin Kerr, Brock Michael, Alston Nelson, Melody Norman, Kaydra Scheibmeir and Rohan Springer. Seventh grade Brycen Baker, Reed Clift, Ainslee Glasgow,…

Mustang spirit was on full display at Monday night’s USD 257 school board meeting. The board met at Iola High School’s new science center and cafeteria, where Principal Scott Carson showed off a new audio/visual…

GARNETT — The Iola Middle School girls basketball teams played at Anderson County on Tuesday night.  The combined seventh and eighth grade JV team took a 14-10 loss while the varsity seventh graders also lost,…

The Iola Middle School football teams dominated Burlington on Thursday at home taking 38-12 and 32-0 victories.  Eighth grade The eighth grade Mustangs scored 32 first half points. Iola scored three touchdowns on the ground.…

The Iola Middle School football teams stuck it to Prairie View on Thursday night coming away with monstrous victories.  The seventh grade Mustangs took their matchup with a shutout over the Buffalo, 52-0. The eighth…

CARBONDALE — The Iola Middle School football team took home a victory for the record book, but a loss on the scoreboard Thursday.  The Mustang eighth-graders won by forfeit, due to Santa Fe Trail not…