Besides the danger of contracting COVID-19 itself, the pandemic is revealing other ways health is being negatively affected in Southeast Kansas.  Social isolation, the lack of transportation, housing and access to food make it difficult…

Matt Rehder’s first month on the job as Iola City Administrator has been thankfully routine. There have been no emergency meetings called to address some unforeseen crisis. “On the good side, it’s been kind of…

There’s still plenty of time to plan, but USD 257 school board members and administrators will have a big decision to make over the next few months: When to open the new elementary school for…

Thanks to a windfall of 4,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas will begin immediately scheduling appointments at all of its clinics, including Iola’s at 2051 N. State. The…

Iola was able to weather the sudden hike in heating costs that has put other communities across the country in a budgetary bind. Interim City Administrator Corey Schinstock said Iola relied on its natural gas…

Over the past 5½ years, the football stadium at Iola’s Riverside Park has undergone a full-scale facelift. With new seating, improved water drainage outside the facility, handicap-accessible restrooms and newly remodeled locker rooms, private donations…

The Allen County Aces Volleyball Club, which features players from Iola, Humboldt, Moran and Colony, hosted its first tournament Saturday. Five club teams competed in morning pool play with the three best records competing for…

Kansas State University provides you with research-based information through many avenues.  Locally, your contact is the Southwind Extension District in Erie, Fort Scott, Yates Center and Iola. Hundreds of publications and fact sheets, written by…

A cynic would say that David Toland’s meteoric rise in state leadership only means he’s left Iola and Allen County in the dust.  His speech at Monday’s swearing-in ceremony as Lieutenant Governor says otherwise: “Every…

There’s a term for somebody getting acquainted quickly with a new job, from meeting scores of new colleagues, to learning the ins and outs unique to that position. Chase Waggoner knows it well.  “I’m certainly…