Visitation for Ethyl Lorraine (Hall) Briggs of Kincaid, whose death on Saturday was reported in Monday’s Register, will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Colony Community Church. Memorial services will be at 10:30…

MORAN —  Marmaton Valley Junior High basketball teams had a rough go at home Monday against Northeast Middle School of Arma.After a 5-5 first quarter, Northeast outscored Marmaton Valley’s boys 41-10 in the next two…

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Sometimes it comes down to not quitting the fight.Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade girls could have packed it up after several possessions in the third quarter when the Ponies turned the basketball over. Independence Middle School’s…

Farmland values jumped 25 percent in the third quarter of this year, a survey made by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City showed. The survey gathered data from 243 banks in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,…

Sense prevailed Monday when Gov. Sam Brownback said no apology was required from a Kansas City teen who — get this — did not say the Governor “sucked” on a message sent out from her…

The budget outlook for the year got a smidgen sunnier Monday night for USD 257 board of education.Superintendent of Schools Brian Pekarek told members an uptick in student enrollment for Iola schools means the district…

One goal down, several to go.The managers at State Street Gallery knew from the start they wanted to have their clothing and furniture store up and running by Friday — otherwise known as Black Friday,…

Iola has given the Kansas Power Pool a two-year notice that it will no longer purchase wholesale electricity through the consortium.Iola City Council members unanimously approved Monday sending the notice.The notice frees the city to…

Iola’s money matters took center stage Monday for city council members, as they inched closer to decisions on year-end budget amendments; whether to provide automatic cost of living pay increases for employees in 2012; the…