Month: January 2018

Because we are a cynical lot, the news staff at the Register wondered what Norway had done to deserve to be singled out by President Donald Trump in his Thursday rant about immigration quotas to…

William G. Shuster, 77, Elsmore, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, surrounded by his family. William was born Oct. 6, 1940, in Pennsylvania to Joseph and Maude (Deamer) Shuster. He married Kristina Ruth Deer on…

Dixie Brown Quincy, Iola, 79, died peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Phoenix, Ariz., after a struggle with kidney disease. Dixie was born April 14, 1938, in Beloit, to James Robert “Doc” Brown and Marjorie…

Darryl Burton, who spent 24 years of his life in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, will speak Monday as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. service in Iola. The service will be…

As Brooke Norman was about to put her life in the hands of a team of surgeons, a few thoughts came to mind. There were the natural questions. How much would it hurt? How long…

State Representatives Kent Thompson and Adam Lusker and Sen. Caryn Tyson will give a preview of the 2018 Legislative session at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Humboldt Public Library.  The event is coordinated by the…

WELLSVILLE — To say the Iola girls started the game on the wrong foot in their 66-31 loss to Wellsville Friday night would be an understatement.  Allowing 21 unanswered points to start a ballgame is…

WELLSVILLE — Iola’s 72-47 loss to Wellsville has an easy and a hard explanation.  The easy: The Mustangs got into foul trouble early and allowed Wellsville to hit 14 threes. The hard is going to…

The Iola freshmen continued their undefeated streak Monday evening when they took down Chanute 68-30. The Mustangs are 6-0 so far this season. Iola led 23-16 after the first quarter and extended that by 15…

Sometimes a single player has a performance so dominant that the opposing team can’t do anything but sit back and hope to survive. That was the situation that the Allen County women found themselves in…