Tag: Iola
Members of the Iola High School robotics class gave a demonstration Thursday of their robots in a simulated competition. The Vex Robotics can be programmed to run a course or can be manually controlled with…
Life in Iola of 80 years ago will be featured at Tuesdays spring meeting of the Allen County Historical Society. The meetings centerpiece is an 18-minute video, a 1940 colorized 16-millimeter film that recently has…
It?s not often students are compared to goldfish and teabags. Paul Miller tied the seemingly random topics together in a memorable keynote address Wednesday at Iola High School?s National Honor Society induction ceremony for 19…
A local trails enthusiast wants to use an Anderson County prairie preservation site as a model for an area at the Lehigh Portland Trails. The Anderson County Prairie Preserve, just north of Welda and bisected…
Whew! Glad the rain has stopped before contractors are due to give a final once-over of the needed repairs and replacement of a floor to the Recreation Community Building. Now that we know we’ll never…
Two Iola elementary school students received honorable mention for safety posters they designed for the Kansas Farm Bureau Safety Poster Program. Sydney Hayes, a second-grader at Jefferson Elementary School, and Michaela Riebel, a fifth-grader at…
Every town has something uniquely theirs. Cities like Manhattan and Lawrence have their renowned college campuses and vibrant downtowns. Some towns like Fort Scott have historical landmarks. You can visit the Dalton Brothers Museum in…
Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Sara Dennis, 19, Iola, Saturday for suspicion of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct in the 400 block of North Jefferson Avenue. Kandra McCullough, 35, Iola, was arrested…
Iola Public Library has scheduled several adult programs for May. The Intrepid Readers book discussion group will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday to cover The Library Book by Susan Orlean. A seven-hour 1986 fire at…
