Iola City Council meetings will soon be videotaped in order for the meetings to be broadcast on the city’s public access channel.Council members voted 6-2 Monday to purchase recording equipment from Advantage Computers of Iola…

Don’t light those fuses just yet.Shooting fireworks will remain illegal in Iola for the upcoming July 4 holiday.Iola City Council members rejected, 6-2, a proposal to allow the shooting of fireworks in city limits for…

Iola City Council members rejected a proposed hike to the city’s water rates, vowing instead to make sure every other avenue to balance the water budget has been exhausted before they agree to any kind…

Jeff Immelt is chairman and CEO of General Electric and chairman of the President’s Jobs and Competitiveness Council. Ken Chenault is the chairman and CEO of American Express and a member of the council. The…

For months USD 257 board members have known the upcoming year’s budget will be short because of state aid reductions and an enrollment decline. Total loss in revenue is $432,609.Also, for months Dr. Craig Neuenswander,…

HUMBOLDT — As new chief of police, Brian Dillow will take the police department in a new direction by evidence of him being “visible and sociable,” said Mayor Ivor “Nobby” Davis at Monday night’s Humboldt…

Vicky Adams, 62, Welda, died Friday, June 10, 2011, at her home.She was born Jan. 17, 1949, at Topeka, the daughter of Melvin E. and Betty Jane (Hiestand) Adams. She grew up in Welda, graduating…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola Swim Team’s Seahorses broke into the 2011 summer swim season Wednesday at Independence.There are 45 members swimming for the Seahorses this summer. Iola hosts Erie Wednesday at the Iola Municipal Pool in…

Rain early Sunday morning washed out the second day of play in the annual Iola American Legion Post 15’s baseball tournament. So that left unfinished business for the five teams in the round-robin tournament.Iola American…

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