Iola is extending an area in which residents may qualify for grant funding to rehabilitate aging homes.City Council members approved expanding a target area in the southeast part of town eligible for $400,000 in Kansas…

Iola has several items to consider if Allen County Hospital is built outside of town and the land is annexed by the city.Much of Monday’s discussion between Iola City Council members and ACH trustees revolved…

 Robert Lee “Bob” Hull, 87, of Ottawa died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at Windsor Place in Iola.   He was born Oct. 2, 1923, in Ottawa Township, to Elmer Andrew and Esther Estella (Gilliland) Hull. He…

On a lazy July day with the outside temperature flirting with 100, inside at the computer seemed the best place to be. Yahoo found Del Brinkman, who was dean of the KU school of journalism…

As Aug. 2 draws closer, day by day, there are no signs that the “cooler heads” rational people put their faith in will prevail. Instead, the nation seems to have been taken over by know-nothing…

EMPORIA — Iola American Legion Post 15’s AA Indians rolled through their first two games of the Emporia tournament over the weekend. They gave up just one run in those outings.They had to halt a…

During the week Leslie Jackson tracks inventory for a shirt company in Overland Park.Sunday is another story. Then, she’s the Rev. Leslie Jackson and her primary concern is inventory of souls at Iola Trinity United…

Lt. Col. Shawn C. Manley took command of the 891st Engineer Battalion in ceremonies Saturday afternoon in the Allen County Community College gymnasium before an assembly of battalion soldiers.He replaces Lt. Col. Roger D. Murdock,…

If first impressions are significant, then new Register Reporter Joe Sneve may wonder what he’s walked into.Sneve, an Iolan of less than a month, was crowned the 2011 queen of the drag race at Friday…

Former Welda resident Harriet Elizabeth Kellerman, 73, of Garnett died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at her home.Funeral services were this morning at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett. Burial was in Cherry Mound Cemetery…