A house is moved from its original location near the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to a lot near Iola Middle School Thursday morning. The house will be remodeled by the construction trades class at the…

It’s too soon to know how the Iola district may spend its next round of federal pandemic relief money or a windfall from the wind farm.  Superintendent Stacey Fager told board members the district expects…

The earliest a new elementary school will open in Iola will be more than a year away, in next February, barring any weather delays. Meanwhile, the new science and technology building remains on track to…

The recent holiday break brought USD 257 a chance to regroup in light of the coronavirus pandemic.  Last week marked the beginning of a new semester. Students who had been struggling with online classes were…

In the next few months, Iola residents will see a lot of concrete poured at the sites of two new school buildings. Construction is well underway at the site of a new science and technology…

A new fundraiser has started to help fill the library with books once the new Iola Elementary School is built. Volunteers with the USD 257 Endowment Association have launched Project Bookshelf, with the aim of…

Amanda and Chris Belknap had always taken the coronavirus threat seriously. Yet despite precautions, the entire family has become infected with COVID-19 within weeks of each other.  “We’d been extremely careful,” Amanda said. “This is…

The Bowlus Fine Arts Center officially sold a house to the school district for the grand sum of $1. The house will be moved from its location near the Bowlus to a spot near Iola…

Students at the Rural Regional Technical Center in LaHarpe likely will spend much of their next semester renovating a house.  The USD 257 school board approved spending up to $100,000 to move a house from…

Remote learning students who are not keeping up with their peers will need to return to in-person classes, USD 257 board members decided Monday night. The board approved a policy that gives administrators discretion to…