Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Sophia Heim, 8th grade, was crowned the Allen County Spelling Bee Champion Thursday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Placing second was Liliana Jerome, 5th grade, of Iola.

Iola Middle School’s boys basketball team had a rough go of it Saturday at their annual tournament. The Mustangs went 1-2. Iola lost to Humboldt 10-9 and lost 27-18 to Pittsburg. To round out the…

Two more Iola schools are now requiring students and staff to wear face masks because of a high number of COVID-19 infections. On Wednesday, Iola High School and Lincoln Elementary School reached the 4% threshold…

The break is over. A week after reporting low cases of COVID-19 after students returned to class from winter break, Iola Middle School students will need to wear face masks because of a high number…

Iola Middle School has announced its second-quarter honor rolls for 2021-12. All A’s (4.0 GPA) Eighth Grade Madelyn Ashworth, India Barney, Brennen Coffield, Bethany Miller, Noah Schowengerdt and Henry White. Seventh Grade Xavior Burrow, Zoie…

Members of the Iola Middle School Intermediate Orchestra performs “Dragonhunter” during a concert Wednesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The concert featured middle and high school orchestra students, with a special performance from…

Iola Middle School’s girl’s basketball teams had a rough go of it at home Monday against Burlington. The seventh-grade B team lost 14-2. The seventh-grade A team lost 23-16. The eighth-grade team lost 35-0. “There…

Try to improve just a tiny bit today. That’s the lesson authors Chad Morris and Shelly Brown brought to Iola students and others this week. The authors came to Iola on Thursday to talk about…

USD 257 Board of Education members Nancy Toland and Tony Leavitt learn about 3D printing from Iola Middle School teacher Chris Belknap. He teaches robotics and computer classes, and brought various items his students had…

Iola High School and Iola Middle School offered a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students and faculty on Friday, in cooperation with Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas. About 15 to 20 IHS students were expected…