Two Iolas connect for Iola Car Show Benefit Auction
Historic Iola, Kansas, Baseball Team memorabilia featured in auction The Iola Old Car Show, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is finding creative ways to recoup the lost revenue of their cancelled car show. Now open for bidding, Iola Car Show is hosting an online auction to raise funds! This online auction will be open until […]
Iola Car Show’s Fall Swap Meet cancelled
By Iola Car Show “Fall Back to Iola” fall flea market and swap meet will not happen in 2020. As a business, we cannot continue planning towards an in-person event with the current state of things. With that said, we are putting our attention on processing refund requests one month sooner than originally planned. A major […]
Steen new CEO at Legacy Seed Companies
Colin Steen has been appointed chief executive officer of Legacy Seed Companies in Scandinavia, Wisconsin. Steen will lead all commercial, administrative, operational, and financial aspects of the organization, working with the board to establish strategic direction. He was previously with Syngenta Ventures. – Courtesy Feedstuffs
First National Bank’s Archie Overby avoids prison
This week, as part of a plea agreement, Archie Overby, formerly CEO and chairman of the board of Waupaca Bancorporation Inc./First National Bank, pleaded guilty to one charge of misapplication of bank funds and was sentenced. A dozen counts of bank fraud were dismissed. U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger stated that Overby treated the bank as […]
Chamber cancels fireworks, Tastes & Tunes
By Greg Loescher, Chamber President The Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce has cancelled two of its summer events: the annual fireworks display, raffle, and ball games at Taylor Field in Iola on July 3, and Tastes & Tunes of Iola Scandinavia, July 17-18, held at more than a dozen venues throughout the two communities. The decisions […]
Bank First lobby to reopen June 8
8:30-9:30 a.m. is designated for customers considered At Risk/Elderly By Mike Molepske, CEO As we enter into this next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pleased to announce our lobbies will be re-opening on Monday, June 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (lobbies will be closed on Saturdays). Important note: the lobbies […]
Iola Car Show Rally set for July 11
The Iola Car Show organization invites you to the first ever Rally for Iola on Saturday, July 11. Staging begins at 8 a.m. and the cruise at 10 a.m.! It broke our hearts to cancel the show, but this cruise has us just as excited (well almost)! The Rally for Iola is a fundraising opportunity […]
Say thanks to our Iola Sentry grocer
Due to the onset of Covid-19, grocery stores are designated as an essential service; and now the news media and social media are taking notice of the grocery business. At times the news has been negative due to product out-of-stocks, limits on purchase quantities, masks or no-masks, and other operational issues. Just like every other business, Covid-19 […]