Barry Geertsen, a park ranger with the Fort Scott National Historic Site, speaks to Lincoln Elementary School students Tuesday about the fort’s history and other interesting tidbits as part of the ongoing Iola Reads program.…

If you’ve ever wondered whether you make a difference in this world, read the book “Take Me With You,” by Catherine Ryan Hyde.  The story is about a middle-aged teacher who traditionally spends his summers…

Try to improve just a tiny bit today. That’s the lesson authors Chad Morris and Shelly Brown brought to Iola students and others this week. The authors came to Iola on Thursday to talk about…

A husband-and-wife author team will be in Iola on Thursday to talk about their book, “Squint.” The novel is the young adult selection for Iola Reads. Authors Chad Morris and Shelly Brown will speak to…

Comics have rules. Middle school has rules. Everyone has rules. Flint, the main character in the novel “Squint,” likes to keep a list of rules. He uses them to help him navigate the treacherous territory…

Local first responders will take a role Saturday morning in a Memorial Walk marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that killed about 3,000 people. Of those who perished were 412…

Twenty years ago, the world watched in horror as two planes hit the World Trade Center, bringing two buildings crashing to the ground and killing thousands. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon, and another was…

Iola Reads, a collaboration between Iola Public Library, USD 257 and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, has announced its Young Adult Selection 2020, “Defiance” by Valerie Hobbs. In the 14 years of the program, this…

Michael Graves wanted to honor a man he barely knew, so he made up a book about him. “To Leave a Shadow,” the winter book selection for Iola Reads, tells the story of private investigator…

The author of the current Iola Reads book selection, Michael Graves, will be in Iola on March 12. Graves will speak at 7 p.m. in the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.…