Iola Elementary School fifth-grader Kage Botello receives an atlas from Iola Rotary president Sharon Moreland on Monday. In keeping with a tradition dating back over 20 years, Rotarians distributed 75 dictionaries to 3rd-graders and 70…

President Sophia Heim called the Prairie Rose 4-H Club meeting to order Sunday, Sept. 22.  The Cloverbuds led the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge. Roll call was, What was your greatest 4-H accomplishment…

Allen County Farm Bureau hosted a pork chop supper for their members on Aug. 10 at the John Silas Bass Community Building in Iola. Approximately 50 members were in attendance, along with a few special…

Family fun was in no short supply at the community building in Riverside Park on Saturday, as the Iola Elks Lodge No. 569 hosted Junior Elks Fest. Scores of area youngsters and their families enjoyed…

Allen County Democrats are organizing to join a national effort to perform a play that’s both art and a call to action. “It Can’t Happen Here – Again!” is a stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s…

The LaHarpe VFW Auxiliary made a donation to the Iola Elementary School Library this week. The Poppy Lady is an inspiring story behind the Veterans Day poppy, a symbol that honors veterans for their service…

A partial lunar eclipse covers the top of the moon during its peak at 9:44 p.m. Tuesday evening. The eclipse marked three significant events, along with a harvest moon and supermoon for a rare celestial…

Marmaton Valley High School will crown its 2024 Fall Homecoming King and Queen Sept. 27, prior to the Wildcats’ football game against Reno County. The crowning will be at 6 p.m., with the kickoff to…

30 years ago September 1994  Iola High School has begun an open lunch period, meaning that students may leave the campus and eat elsewhere. Those choosing to eat at school have a variety at lunch,…

Allen Community College’s soccer players greeted a gaggle of area youngsters for a youth soccer clinic Sunday at the ACC fields in Iola. The clinic was a welcome elixir for the Allen soccer clubs, which…