Plans are for Iola Municipal Pool to open by June 29. Interim City Administrator Corey Schinstock told City Council members Monday the pool has been filled and the water is being treated with chlorine to…

Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic will continue to hit pocketbooks for parents in USD 257, as school leaders approved a nickel increase in lunch prices. No increase was made for breakfast. “I’m afraid to raise…

Over 250 people braved the heat Sunday to support racial equality, and to take a stand against racism and prejudice based on skin color. The rally on the Iola square, which featured multiple speakers from…

Sunday’s peaceful rally on the Iola square laid to rest any notion that we live in a bubble, isolated from outside events.  Thank goodness. For two hours, brave citizens took to a makeshift podium to…

A rally is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday, in a stand against racism and in support of those who have been marginalized because of the color of their skin. The Black Lives Matter Solidarity Rally…

After successful fundraising efforts for food pantries in Humboldt and Iola, a new effort is aimed at helping provide food for the rest of Allen County and its domestic violence shelter. Allen County GROW is…

Iola City Council members will discuss proposed adjustments to the city’s pay scale at their meeting Monday night. Iola’s most recent wage study was completed in 2014, and instituted over a subsequent three-year span. City…

Crest High School graduate Annika Hobbs is firing up her jets in preparing to join the U.S. Air Force. She begins basic training on July 21 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. As…

Allen County Farmers Market sites are up and going. Thursday’s session begins at 5:30 p.m. on the east side of the courthouse square in downtown Iola. On Saturday, vendors will be on the downtown square…

Marah Melvin-McFadden is a social media director, song and dance performer, and master of ceremonies for the national touring company Pin-Ups on Tour.  The company performs World War II USO-style variety and burlesque shows at…