If your wintertime ambitions to grow seedlings outpaced your capacity, the Iola Public Library has the answer. The library is looking for donations of plants, cuttings, seedlings and bulbs for its Plant Swap and Saved…

Allen County Area Retired School Personnel met on Wednesday in the Mary Ellen Stadler room at ACC with 14 members and two guests, David Loomis, and speaker, Sharon Moreland, in attendance.  Moreland, director of Iola…

Iola Public Library Director Sharon Moreland recruited a little help to attract attention to the Library Littles Storytime session on Thursday afternoon.

The Iola Library’s Library Littles program has reconvened in person with the ebb of COVID-19 cases. The free activities program for children is the third Thursday of every month at 2 p.m. Above, Finian, left,…

Library Littles, a program for toddlers from birth to age 3, and their grownups, is at 10 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17. The program introduces the children to the world…

Library Littles is still on for Thursday at 10 a.m., according to Lesa Little, children’s librarian at Iola Public Library. Because of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, the Library Littles program will once again…

Playing with a child is an involved process — you just don’t realize it.  But peel back the layers and you see the building blocks for emotional stability being laid and verbal and motor skills…

The “Library Littles” program launched last month at Iola Public Library will be held virtually at 10 a.m., Dec. 16 due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases.   The library program is for preschoolers…

Just in time for the holidays, librarian Kaite Stover answered every question as to what you should buy others — or even yourself — for Christmas. Stover’s program, “Book Buzz: Books for the Winter Holiday…

The Iola Public Library building has deteriorated to such a degree that it cannot be economically restored and plans should be made to vacate the structure, is the essence of a report filed with Iola’s…