Allen County Regional Hospital board of trustees approved bond refinancing through United Missouri Bank during their meeting Tuesday night. The decision guarantees a lower interest rate on repaying a new bond issue of $4.5 million.…

Physical education teacher Cristy Flippin has a challenge ahead of her.Today’s youth have the activity level of the average grandparent. As the new PE teacher for Iola Middle School, Flippin said her goal is for…

Dorothy Fillmore, 89, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at the Hospice House, Olathe.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, 1883 U.S. 54, Iola. The family will greet…

Acting on a tip through Allen County Crime Stoppers, Iola police officers said Wednesday they were requesting charges against a suspect believed to have stolen roughly $120 worth of candy from the football stadium at…

Of the 200 or so newspapers in Kansas today, only a handful can boast of being owned and operated by the same family over multiple generations, Doug Anstaett said Wednesday.The Iola Register is one such…

Paul L. Swearingen, 72, originally of LaHarpe, passed away Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at Midland Hospice in Topeka, KS.Cremation has taken place. A brief memorial will be 10-11 a.m. Saturday, at Penwell-Gabel Southeast Chapel, 2843…

It was a rough night for the Lady Cubs on Tuesday as Humboldt went 0-2 at home, falling to Olathe Metro and league foe Erie. Humboldt fell 2-1 to Erie (25-18, 22-25, 19-25). “We fought…

The Fillies earned themselves another league win on Tuesday as they went 1-1 against Wellsville and Prairie View at Osawatomie. Iola opened up the night with a 0-2 loss to Wellsville (10-25, 19-25). The Fillies…

New class designations arrived for high school football teams across the state of Kansas on Tuesday. The Kansas High School Activities Association released the new classifications for the 2018 and 2019 sports seasons including the…

Madalyn Mae Varnell, 77, Iola, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, at Moran Manor in Moran.She was born July 10, 1940, in Iola to Lola (Johnson) Holland. She graduated from Iola High School in 1958.…