A one-sentence comment from County Counselor Alan Weber during Tuesday morning’s commission meeting is likely to have far-reaching implications.“Rorik Peterson called and said he is preparing an application,” Weber announced.Peterson is associate director of development…

In 1931, H.F.G Wulf returned from a trip to Germany with a large grandfather clock of elegant, Modernist design: the blonde-tinted wood; the matte luster of its heavy, fluctuating chimes; the stenciled brass face around…

Dear editor,Once again, the plan to replace our existing three elementary schools with one consolidated school has become a subject of public conversation. One plan mentioned in an opinion piece in the Register on June…

Does competition hurt or help an enterprise?In theory, the more restaurants, retailers and hotels a community has, the more people it attracts, benefiting all involved.Various factors can tip the scales, including location, the investment in…

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This is the third installment of a six-part series of columns that will look ahead to the upcoming high school sports year for our six area schools. – June 21 — SCC Titans– June 24…

It’s all been by design, from the get-go. Weeks of closed-door deliberations with nary one public hearing. And now we are to believe time is of the essence for the Senate to pass the 142-page…

Monday’s USD 257 Board of Education meeting was a conclave of fond farewells. After serving the district for 16 years, board member Buck Quincy resigned his seat effective June 30, and Superintendent of Schools Jack…

A driver and his passenger aboard a 1926 Model T Ford were hospitalized Monday following a two-vehicle accident east of Iola. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported Charles Redding, 80, was driving his Model T …

Iola officials will continue to pursue the addition of used diesel-powered generators to the city’s electric generating capacity.Where they’ll sit, idle.“We’re not planning to run them,” Scott Shreve, Iola’s energy consultant, said at Monday’s City…