Maybe the third time will be the charm. Iola school board members voted to extend an agreement with BNIM, a Kansas City development firm, for a third year. The company hopes to convert three former…

A housing proposal that would allow Allen Community College to lease an apartment complex could be “the first domino” to resolve multiple needs. Allen’s board of trustees heard a proposal from developer Shane Lamb Tuesday…

Work has begun to convert the old Arkhaven Nursing Home complex into a series of apartments in north Iola. Developer Shane Lamb, who owns the property at 1336 N. Walnut St., expects the first apartments…

Iola got a sweetheart deal on Valentine’s Day, as school board members learned a Kansas City company wants to convert all three of  its elementary schools into housing, an investment worth about $20 million. At…

A developer has been given the green light to convert an abandoned nursing home in north Iola into an apartment complex. Iola City Council members were unanimous Monday in approving Meo Development LLC’s request that…

Iola City Council members will decide Monday whether to greenlight a developer’s plans to convert an old nursing home into an apartment complex. Rocky Meo of Meo Development Co. LLP, De Soto, has applied for…

Iola Mayor Steve French couldn’t help but feel a sense of deja vu as he heard arguments unfold about a developer’s plans to convert an abandoned nursing home in Iola into an apartment complex. French…

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama apartment complex was paid a visit by an unusual guest as children were coming home from school Monday afternoon: an alligator that crawled out of a storm drain. Kenisha…

Iola fire crews extinguish a fire that destroyed playground equipment at an Iola Housing Authority apartment complex in the 300 block of North Second Street. The blaze also damaged shutters of a nearby apartment. It…

Citing the increasing number of folks who live in downtown Iola, City Council members said those tenants soon should be able to park overnight on portions of the courthouse square. The Council endorsed Monday a…