As Allen Countians continue to clear up damage from Friday’s storm, David Fontaine has set his sights on the Southwind Rail Trail. The hiking and biking trail that connects Iola and Humboldt has been closed…

What could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has presented itself for 11-year-old Milo Franklin. The Iola youth is raising funds to travel to Europe with the Sporting Kaw Valley Elite team next spring.  Franklin has been…

Iolans Caiden Cloud, left, and Dillon Slaven clear away dead foliage and litter from Iola’s downtown flower pots Thursday evening. This is the second year the pair has assisted Donna Houser and the Iola Community…

Iola artists Max Grundy, wife Candice and daughter Church are nearing completion of a mural on the side of a building in downtown Iola. The trio worked in league to apply a base coat of…

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day for an Easter egg hunt. The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis sponsored an Easter egg hunt on the courthouse square Saturday, drawing throngs of eager…

The Humboldt school board’s decision to stick with a five-day school week gives the county’s other districts a little more breathing room on the matter. In Iola’s USD 257, Superintendent Stacey Fager said “it hasn’t…

Katie Yoder is a few short, but extraordinarily busy, weeks from crossing a mighty to-do item from her bucket list. Yoder seeks to open 620 Athletics in Iola by mid-April, fulfilling her lifelong dream of…

Having a state park in Iola would be a boon to the community, several downtown merchants agreed. In a short survey of proprietors along Madison Avenue, most said they supported an effort to convert the…

City leaders deserve hearty congratulations for their unanimous vote at Monday’s council meeting to extend a new road onto what had been Cedarbrook Golf Course. This clears the way for developer Gabe Woodman of Merak…

Iola City Administrator Matt Rehder envisions an eventful — and productive — 2023 for the city. Rehder, who is nearing his second anniversary as city administrator, sat down with the Register for a “state of…