The Iola Underhogs may have been the underdogs, but somehow they managed to climb to the top of the pile. Iola High School’s brand new barbecue team did so well at the first-ever Kansas High…

Tony Hoffman had a lot of questions as a child. His search for answers would lead him down a difficult path, from drug addiction to armed robbery to prison and, ultimately, toward redemption. After a…

Iola FFA recently had three district proficiency winners with their Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE). Jaydon Morrison won in the area of poultry production; Kyser Nemecek in swine entrepreneurship; and Hallie Sutherland in diversified crop production…

Iola High School brought home the honor of being named Pioneer League Champions for the third year in a row on Saturday, March 2, at Iola. Individual results follow: Oral Interpretation of Prose: Max Andersen…

Iola High School students are reading again, thanks to a new English Language Arts curriculum. Teachers Laura Schinstock and Catherine Dean gave USD 257 board members an update on the program at Monday’s meeting. The…

Iola High School students visited booth after booth at RealityU on Friday.  It’s a financial literacy simulation that asks students to imagine what life will be like at age 26. They’re given a summary of…

Iola High School forensics students competed at Paola and Fort Scott on Feb. 24. Results follow. Paola Team Sweeps: First place Oral Interpretation of Prose: Max Andersen – sixth place Oral Interpretation of Poetry: Demarco…

Call it a “happy accident.” Jaydon Morrison discovered FFA thanks to a scheduling error. He unintentionally found himself taking an agri-science class when he first entered Iola High School as a freshman. He sat in…

Iola High School has announced results of its forensic competitions. The Iola students came home with a first-place win at Pittsburg on Feb. 10. The team also took second at Independence on Feb. 17 and…

With football season behind us, a new outdoor “sport” is taking Kansas by storm — barbecue.  Having recently joined the Kansas High School BBQ Association (KHSBBQA), Iola High School will have multiple teams competing this…