The Allen County Fair continues to fill Iola’s Riverside Park with activities. The Fair continues through Sunday, including the MRCA Rodeo Friday and Saturday nights, the sheep and goat shows Friday evening and the beef…

Iola City Council members will continue their work Monday on shaping the city’s 2026 spending plan. Council members are slated to hear from department heads whose departments are funded primarily through Iola’s general fund: City…

Dinah Glaze, foreground from left, and Kyle Schmidt lead the Survivors Lap Saturday at the American Cancer Relay For Life at Iola’s Recreation Community Building. The rec building was a festive occasion, with a survivors…

A newborn fawn, apparently abandoned by its mother at Iola’s Riverside Park, is recovering nicely and soon will be sent to a deer rescue facility in Udall. The animal was spotted Wednesday morning this week…

Iola officials will continue to look at options now that the city will almost certainly be denied federal funding for a number of flood-control measures for Riverside Park. City Administrator Matt Rehder said the writing’s…

While there has not yet been a formal denial, it appears Iola and USD 257 will be unsuccessful in securing a federal grant to install artificial turf atop a baseball and softball field at Riverside…

In an effort to remember her son, Timothy Charboneau, in an uplifting manner, Jami Thyer organized a balloon release the evening of Memorial Day. “Decorating his grave is so sad,” she said Tuesday morning. Charboneau…

Iola Preschool student Caiden Beasley was among the youngsters donning vests and other costumes in honor of an ABCs boot camp parade Wednesday at the Recreation Community Building at Iola’s Riverside Park. 

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article referenced the Southwind Extension District instead of the Allen County 4-H Council as the partner in the digital sign project. We regret the error. Iola City Council…

Iola City Council members will discuss Monday utility tap fees, possible new signage for Riverside Park and a proposal from the Boyer family to develop property they own just north of town into a recreational…