Iola Elementary School parents were invited to join students at Wednesday’s school lunch, a turkey and potatoes meal, as part of the school’s annual Thanksgiving feast.

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High School Kansas Association of Youth (KAY) Club earned the Gold Award for its community service efforts for the 2021-22 school year. The award was announced at the Nov. 3…

Mustang spirit was on full display at Monday night’s USD 257 school board meeting. The board met at Iola High School’s new science center and cafeteria, where Principal Scott Carson showed off a new audio/visual…

Auri McFadden-Knock, a fourth grader at Iola Elementary School, fell in love on Thursday. The object of her affection was Remy, an 8-month-old Labrador retriever brought to the school by the Allen County Animal Rescue…

Iola Elementary School students, along with area preschoolers, were treated to a visit from the Iola Fire Department and EMS. They toured the ambulance and fire trucks and learned about fire prevention and safety, including…

Iola High School senior Eli Adams discovered that sharing a language can bring people together. Adams has been studying Spanish for three years and now serves an internship as an interpreter for three elementary school…

It’s been 15 years since the Iola school district saw an increase in enrollment. With the official enrollment count last week, the district saw an increase of 15.5 students (virtual school students are counted at…

Kindergarten students at Iola Elementary School took turns ringing the historic bell last week. The bell was restored over the summer and is believed to have been installed at the first school in Iola in…

Allen Community College’s website — described as its “front door” to the online world — will soon get an upgrade. College trustees approved a request to spend upward of $50,000 for the new site’s development,…

Amanda Rodriguez and her family didn’t know Iola was building a new school when they moved here recently from Arkansas. “It was a nice surprise,” she said. “To know the community cares enough to invest…