Iola News

Firefighter/Paramedic THE City of Iola is accepting applications for one full-time Firefighter/Paramedic. Position funded through a FEMA SAFER grant.

Emerson E. Lynn Jr., 88, longtime publisher of the Iola Register, died this morning at a hospice facility in Topeka.

The University of Kansas held a ceremony to recognize students and award the Student Employee of the Year for the 2012-13 academic year.

Three everyday people from El Dorado are doing the talking. What they're saying is the drive-in, one of the last in the state of Kansas, is too important to lose.

Jane Tweedy with the Southwind Rail Trail group building the 6.5-mile Southwind Rail Trail between Iola and Humboldt reports that the Allen County Commission voted unanimously to partner with the group to manage and maintain the Southwind Rail Trail.