Updates to ballfields at Riverside Park could be on the horizon if Iola council members give their approval at Tuesday’s meeting. On the table is a proposed contract for services from Mammoth Sports Construction of…

Riverside Park will be bustling this weekend as Iola Rotary Club hosts its Annual Smokin’ Hot Cars and BBQ event. This year is the first time the organization has split away from the Allen County…

Monday night’s storms dumped almost 2 inches of rain on an already water-logged Riverside Park. Ball field #1, above, was a breeding ground for minnows, tadpoles and mosquitoes.

A cool north wind did little to chill the fun Saturday at Iola’s Riverside Park as the City of Iola and USD 257 hosted a Youth Track Meet for youngsters from preschool through sixth grade.…

The floor tiles at the Community Recreation Building in Riverside Park are being removed as part of the process of repairing the floor in the aftermath of last weekend’s flooding.  City officials are removing the…

It was an infinite loop.  As the water was pumped from the basement of the Community Rec Building in Riverside Park, it flowed right back into the rear entrance, where — you guessed it —…

Iola High’s track and field teams picked a special day to put forth their strongest meet of the season. The occasion, on a picturesque spring day Tuesday, was the annual Marv Smith Invitational, which drew…

Organizers of the Gene Farrow Invitational Track Meet had to deal with all sorts of Mother Nature’s shenanigans Tuesday. The meet, hosted by Waverly High School and held at Iola’s Riverside Park, featured a brief-but-intense…

Several young athletes showed their mettle while winning medals at the Terry Lower Invitational Tuesday. The meet, hosted for the past 50 years by Iola Middle School, is one of the largest of its type…

Fourteen brave souls braved a cold and dreary Saturday morning for a 5K Jingle Bell Jog to benefit the Iola High School cross country team.  Runners began at the football stadium in Riverside Park, went…