A trip to Iola’s Walmart may be a bit disorienting for the next few months, but don’t worry, it’s all part of the plan, assured Kelsey Bohl, Walmart’s director of corporate communications. The store is…

Hamas indicated a willingness to stop governing Gaza after the war with Israel, an overture timed for U.S.-led efforts to extend the initial ceasefire and agree terms for a permanent end to hostilities. “It is…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan…

Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast Iowa farm, raising corn and hogs alongside his brother. His business depends on open global markets and stable trade agreements. But under Donald Trump’s second…

The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state’s worst in nearly 30 years. State health officials said Friday in a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to recently confirmed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi…

Department of Health and Human Services officials expect most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of nearly all probationary employees, according to…

Iola Reads is indulging readers with a chance to read one of the world’s greatest writers. That’s no hyperbole. Renowned author Agatha Christie’s books, all 66 mystery novels and 14 short story collections, are outsold…

A new group in Allen County aims to promote thoughtful dialogue on current issues and bring intriguing guest speakers to Iola. The Allen County Blue Dot Club — a monthly gathering of pro-democracy citizens — is…

Iola Elementary School fifth-graders celebrated at Thursday’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) graduation ceremony. Lanie Mileham, Emma Wilson, Olivia Appling and Augustus Cook were chosen to read their essays. Others honored for  their essays were…