Tag: Iola

TOPEKA — Iolans Braden Plumlee and Addison Haar and Quentin Mallette of Humboldt have been named to Washburn University’s fall 2019 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled in…

SJCF, the Wichita architectural firm working with USD 257 on new school projects, will unveil the elementary school design at the school board’s meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the board office, 305 N. Washington.…

Angela Murphy sits in her office reflecting on how far the 911 dispatch center has come in its 10 years. In that time the department has moved from under the auspices of the city to…

Margaret Louise Bruenger, age 92, of Iola, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at Moran Manor, Moran. Margaret was born in Iola, to Newton Vern and Esta May Austin on April 28, 1927. Margaret’s parents…

The Neosho River received a clean bill of health from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday. Ashley Jones-Wisner, a public information officer for KDHE, said the group monitored the river through Monday…

Law enforcement officers were looking for three suspects Wednesday afternoon after an altercation in Neosho Falls led to a chase and a crash, with the vehicle’s occupants fleeing into a wooded area a few miles…

As is my wont, my January book column is a look back at my favorites among books I read in 2019. My tastes tend to run to history or — for fiction — thrillers, and…

60 Years Ago January 1960 Dennis Guenther, an IHS junior, took first place in the national Junior Olympics annual track meet for the 100-yard dash. In June of last year the Olympic state tournament was…

Chainsaws stolen Scott Smail told Iola police officers Thursday a pair of Stihl chainsaws were stolen from an  outbuilding in the 600 block of East Lincoln Street.   Storage unit, lock damaged Deborah Sater told…

Arrests reported Joshua D. Eisenbart, 34, Iola, was arrested by the Kansas Highway Patrol Sunday for suspicion of violating the Registered Offender Act. Cory D. Culler, 29, rural Iola, was arrested Sunday for suspicion of…