Iola High School students will get a little more help with planning their futures through a new counseling position whose purpose is to advise students on career possibilities, USD 257 board of education members learned…

A new elementary school?s design will incorporate safety features to better accommodate school buses and parents to transport students, and city officials plan to study area streets, sidewalks and traffic so that students can safely…

The countdown to an April 2 school bond election has begun, but there’s still plenty of time to get involved. About 30 USD 257 patrons gathered Monday evening to start a 12-week process to educate,…

Committees working toward passage of a bond issue to build a new elementary school for USD 257 will be formed tonight beginning at 6 o’clock in the assembly room of the basement of the Allen…

Iola city officials will decide on a strategy in the coming days for the Recreation Community Building at Riverside Park. The building has been shuttered after its floor was damaged due to flooding in October.…

USD 257 officials are looking for a new director of operations, after Scott Stanley announced he will leave the position at the end of the month. Stanley accepted a position with a real estate development…

USD 257 school board members gave their stamp of approval for a new elementary school at the intersection of Monroe and Kentucky streets in Iola at their meeting Monday night. The vote was 6-1.  The bond issue…

Students and staff at Lincoln Elementary School will have the opportunity to attend the funeral of a beloved fourth-grade teacher who died unexpectedly early Monday. Classes will be canceled for Lincoln students Thursday. Audrey Gardner,…

Members who have studied Iola schools for the past year are hoping good things come in threes. Because that’s what they proposed to USD 257 board of education members Monday night. At the top of…

McKinley Elementary School staff want to see parents in the school, Principal Angie Linn told USD 257 Board of Education members at Monday night’s meeting. To that end, they’ve introduced a series of “Parent Nights,”…