The first few months after a school-based health clinic opened in January 2023 at Iola Elementary School, staff saw maybe one student per day.  By April, they were seeing about five on a daily basis. …

Preschoolers at Iola Elementary School serenaded their parents and teachers Thursday morning with a medley of holiday songs. Thursday marked the final day of classes for USD 257 students before the Christmas break. Classes for…

If at first you don’t succeed, go bigger. A development company hoping to convert Iola’s three former elementary schools into apartments is expanding plans for its first phase of construction.  The goal is to make…

USD 257 crews have been busy this week adding security cameras around the Riverside Park football stadium. The cameras were ordered after recent vandalism reports at the park. Ben Prasko, USD 257’s information technology director,…

The Iola school board wants to see if there’s any chance to improve baseball and softball fields at Riverside Park before looking to build elsewhere.  It’s a tall order that would require a solution to…

The Iola school district hopes to secure grant funding to build a daycare on the elementary school campus. If successful, the project would build a facility on school grounds, east of a playground at Iola…

Iola High School will offer a Career Advisory Night for business professionals and local educators on Monday and Tuesday evenings at the high school science building. The event begins at 5 p.m. with nine stations…

The Iola school district has to wait to sell less than an acre of land because it includes a dilapidated metal building. The Humboldt school district needs to seek the state’s permission before it can…

In spite of a nationwide teacher shortage, the Iola school district has a robust group of staff working toward their teaching certification. Board members on Monday agreed to a plan that would encourage those staff…

USD 257 leaders showed Rep. Fred Gardner, R-Garnett, around district facilities on Thursday morning. Superintendent Stacey Fager, school board president Jennifer Taylor and Iola Elementary School principal Andy Gottlob gave Gardner a tour of the…