Iola Reads offered a chance to meet Moose, a trained therapy dog that looks like the dog featured in this year’s children’s book selection, the “Ranger in Time” series, at the Allen County Historical Society…

Attention turns Thursday to the history of Iola’s WPA projects. The Allen County Historical Society will have its fall meeting at 7 p.m. at the Frederick Funston Meeting Hall, 207 N. Jefferson Ave. Donna Houser,…

USD 257 leaders showed Rep. Fred Gardner, R-Garnett, around district facilities on Thursday morning. Superintendent Stacey Fager, school board president Jennifer Taylor and Iola Elementary School principal Andy Gottlob gave Gardner a tour of the…

Paul Showalter looked like a kid who had wandered into a candy store for the first time. Showalter, who hails from Shawnee, was paying his first-ever visit to the Lehigh Portland Trails in Iola, along…

The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Christmas lights trolley tour the evening of Dec. 10. Tickets aboard the Fearless Fred Trolley sell for $10 apiece, and must be purchased in advance. To…

HUMBOLDT — In these parts, the success of B&W Trailer Hitches is the stuff of legends. How Roger Baker and Joe Works of Humboldt teamed up in 1987 to build custom truck beds.  Baker retired…

Iola, meet Iola. Iola Speck, a teenager from England, traveled halfway around the world to visit a town that shares her name. Iola and her father, Ivan, spent two days in Iola as part of…

MILDRED — Loren and Regena Lance have big plans for the Mildred Store. Of course, take a tour around at the property and you’ll see that’s always been true. In just eight years, the Lances…

USD 257 board members took a tour of the new Iola Elementary School, still under construction. One highlight included a look at the gym, where the floor is nearly ready to be installed as soon…

A dozen Iola Rotarians were at Humboldt’s Monarch Cement Thursday for an up-close tour of the plant’s operations. During the tour, Monarch operations supervisor Dennis Osborn shows Monarch’s roller mill area. The group also visited…