Late to the thread (I don't check here too regularly) but I am in Iola, and you can usually hear both the Buffalo and Xenia towers for KSICS from here. Almost all police/fire are on UHF, and the freq's are good in the database.
We do not have a K-Link repeater, but if your antenna is high enough, and you're putting out power, you *can* hit the K-Link Matfield Green tower from here. I did it on Field Day with 50W and a J-Pole up about 20 ft from Gas. The Louisburg tower is also within range with a good antenna and some power.
The Iola/Gas 2m repeater on 147.375 is on Echolink as well.