Month: March 2011
Judith Sheryl Thompson, 67, died at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.She was born Nov. 7, 1943, in Moran, the…
To set the record straight.There is a saying “been there done that.”In a recent editorial in The Iola Register about double dipping, I would like to refer to Kansas and teachers who double dip. Until…
History is often a good teacher and sometimes it is instructive to look back at previous examples of community spirit and generosity as we approach projects like the new Allen County Hospital. Recently the newspaper…
Fred Phelps and his obnoxious kids won another one. Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, that they and their phony church had the right to picket military funerals, wave signs saying “Thank God for…
HUMBOLDT — Construction should begin around mid-May on a senior housing complex in Humboldt.Bill Caton of Excel Development, Lincoln, Neb., visited Wednesday with members of the Humboldt Planning Commission about his plans to build six…
Four of eight landowners have said they will accept the county’s offer for their land as the site for a new Allen County Hospital.That’s not the majority that hospital trustees had hoped for, but good…
Allen County Community College’s baseball team got knocked on its heels over the weekend. The Red Devils opened the 2010-2011 season with a four-game series against Rose State College in Midwest City, Okla.The Red Devils…
Louise Elizabeth Middleton, 78, of Lexington, S.C., died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011.She was born in Iola, to Fred R. and Myrtle Meadows Broeker. She attended Lake Murray Baptist Church and was a member of the…
Another effort to silence the thugs of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka is being made.Nine retired U.S. Air Force generals have filed a complaint with Kansas regulators seeking to disbar 10 lawyers — most…
