For 46 years, Marvin “Marv” Smith has had students around him at Iola High School. He doesn’t need to be in a classroom or coaching cross country or track. Young people gravitate to Marv. Smith is an IHS institution. Years ago when the school purchased a Mustang mascot costume, students named it Marv the Mustang.…

Congratulations to Matt Kleopfer, IMS and IHS Band Director, on being selected as a Horizon Award Winner. The Kansas Horizon Award program, sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education, identifies and recognizes representatives of excellent teaching in the elementary and secondary classrooms of the state. The award program honors exemplary first-year teachers who perform…