It seems a little strange — like so many things do these days — to write about books when you can’t actually check out a physical book from the library. Perhaps you can make a…

70 Years Ago Two special trains, with an eventual load of 2,500 school children and teachers, will leave the Santa Fe depot at Iola at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow for Kansas City. There the students will…

Dear editor, Reading in today’s paper that the closing of a restaurant that has only been open for five months, I surmise that it will not be the only one to close. Not all small…

65 Years Ago An unidentified motorist backed into a gas meter on West Street here early Sunday morning. Gas then seeped into the Iola Milling Company office. According to Fire Chief Ray Chard, a pilot…

Iolan Bryan Miller graduated with a doctorate  of Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, on Feb. 28. He is the son of Jay and Karen Miller.

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Jason Glukowsky, 33, Iola, for suspicion of aggravated battery following an incident Wednesday afternoon in the 400 block of South Sycamore Street. Laura Simpson, 21, Iola, was arrested Monday…

Dear editor, I appreciate the concerns of the Iola resident who wrote in opposition to alcohol being available to people attending events at The Bowlus. However, I’ve always been a supporter of individual liberties.  I…

Iola schools organized a “pickup event” for students and parents Friday, offering opportunities to collect both their learning packets for the next two weeks and personal belongings.

35 Years Ago March 1985 Robert Merrill, renowned baritone, will sing in concert with the Wichita Symphony March 17 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. ***** Workers at the Allen County courthouse were evacuated yesterday…

Dear editor, Due to the state order to close all events with 10 or more in attendance for the next eight weeks due to COVID-19, the Bowlus Fine Arts Center has moved the following performances…