Donna Houser offers a familiar refrain when asked about how and why she volunteers. “Whatever people need,” she says, “I’ll do it.” Houser, a retired Iola Middle School teacher and a fixture in the Iola…

Bids for the first phases of construction on the new Allen County Hospital will be let March 22, trustees learned at their meeting Tuesday night. Grading of the property on North Kentucky Street is to…

If China sneezes, it’s likely an American farmer would say gesundheit. That’s how interconnected the two countries are, said David Kohl, an agricultural economist who spoke Tuesday morning before a roomful of farmers, bankers and…

Iola High’s vacant principal position didn’t take long to fill. This week the USD 257 school board promoted IHS assistant principal Stacey Fager to fulfill the roll of building principal. Fager, in his fifth year…

Daniel M. Arbuckle, 82, Moran, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Allen County Hospital. He was born March 11, 1930 at Iola, the son of Stuart V. and Inez M. (Jackson) Arbuckle. Dan grew…

Nancy L. Smith, 65, of Iola, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, March 11, 2012, surrounded by her family after a two-year battle with cancer. Nancy was born Jan. 25, 1947, at Chanute,…

Rich Santorum swept like a prairie fire through Kansas on Saturday, a poet wrote for the Kansas City Star Sunday. Deeper into the story, the writer settled down and reported the unpoetic fact that only…

Iola High senior Jerrik Sigg was officially invited to play in the 2012 Kansas Shrine Bowl  by Harold Bryan of the Kansas Shrine Bowl Board of Directors (green jacket). Bryan and area members of the…

Understanding poverty and how it affects families, employees and the community at large will be discussed from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. workshop Friday in the meeting room of Community National Bank. Georgia Masterson, Iola, and…

The Iola school board continued its effort to get USD 257 facilities up to snuff Monday evening by authorizing $294,539 worth of repairs and upgrades to be completed by the start of next school year.…