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News & Events for the Village of Iola
SPRINGTIME REMINDERS
Tree Trimming 🌳
Please be sure that branches are at least 10 feet above sidewalks and 14 feet above streets. Please reference ordinance 240-9 for details.
Debris piles
All village residents, have access to two different yard waste sites. Located on Town Line Road, is a pile for brush, sticks and branches. The S. Grove Street location (between W State Street and W Iola St.) is the site for yard waste like grass clipping, pine needles, etc. Each site has signs informing you of what goes where. Please remember when dumping your debris at these locations, if you do not see a pile for what you are bringing that means that it should not be left there. People who do not live in the Village of Iola should NOT be dumping on those piles unless an annual permit has been obtained from the Clerk’s office.
*Village ordinance 94-3(B):
Lawns eight inches in length or greater are declared a public nuisance. Property owners with lawns that are above eight inches will be contacted once to mow their lawn. If the lawns are not mowed within twenty-four hours, lawns will be mowed by the Village at the property owners’ expense.
*Village ordinance 201-15.
Storage of junk and discarded property regulated.
No person shall store junked or discarded property including automobiles, automobile parts, trucks, tractors, refrigerators, furnaces, washing machines, stoves, machinery or machinery parts, wood, bricks, cement blocks or other unsightly debris which substantially depreciates property values in the neighborhood except or upon permit issued by the Village Inspector. The Chief of Police or Building Inspector may require by written order any premises violating this section to be put in compliance within the time specified in such order and, if the order is not complied with, may have the premises put in compliance and the cost thereof assessed as a special tax against the property.
PUBLIC COMMENT CARD
Have a question/concern/topic you wish to discuss with the Village Board of Trustees or one of the committees during their meeting? We are asking that you fill out a card prior to meeting and give to the clerk. The card will be read aloud and ask for you to address the board.
Attached is the card-to print and fill out if you prefer to fill out and bring to meeting.
Extra cards will also be on the shelf outside Clerks Office.
The Village of Iola is now accepting online payment for Utility bills by using Allpaid.
Click over to our Pay Bills page for more info.
Online Bill Pays Now Available!!
CLERKS HOURS
MONDAY AND TUESDAY:
8 AM TO 5 PM
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY:
8 AM TO 3 PM
FRIDAY:
8 AM TO 1 PM
News & Updates
EFFECTIVE:
MAY 9,2025
NEW VACANT BUILDING ORDINANCE
click here to view
Ordinance 233-17
STREET NUMBER ON PRINCIPAL BUILDING
Village Clerk's Office has
received complaints about no street numbers on houses/principal buildings.
From package delivery to Ambulance/Fire/Police Calls it is critical that your address is easy to locate.
THE GOATS WILL RETURN-WILL ANNOUNCE DATE WHEN THEY ARE COMING BACK TO FINISH EATING THE BUCKTHORN. THE GOATS HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE.
The Village has hired Sustainable Stewards Farmstead & Goat Grazing to have the goats work towards controlling the invasive buckthorn that is taking over the Iola Lions Riverwalk. Please be aware they will be enclosed in an ELECTRIC FENCE. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE FENCE AND DO NOT FEED THE GOATS. Feel free to come watch the goats in action. At times we will need to block off sections of the Boardwalk.
The goats will be here four separate times over the next two years, in intervals of 1-3 weeks.
General Engineering Company is now managing building permits for the Village of Iola.
Building permit applications can be filled out online at the link below. If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Clerk's Office at 715-445-2913.
Building Permit Application
The Village of Iola is hiring a part-time Zoning Administrator. Click here for job description. Application deadline in July 11, 2025. For questions, please contact the clerk's office.
