Mrs. Denise Apt of Iola took over the gavel of the Kansas Association of School Boards last night as president. Mrs. Apt has been active in KASB for about nine years and has served in…

ACMAT, the Allen County Multi-Agency Team, is collecting food donations for local pantries this holiday season. Drop-off boxes are at G&W Foods, Thrive Allen County, the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center and Emprise Bank. All…

Mattisyn Culp, a fourth-grader at Lincoln Elementary School, prepares herself for a COVID-19 vaccine shot from Allen County Health Department’s Megan Neville during a school clinic Thursday morning. About 25 students from kindergarten to fifth…

Dorcas Romary, from left, Bonnie Johnson and Juanita Hamm were among the volunteers with Allen County’s Meals on Wheels program treated to a fried chicken dinner Friday at the Allen County Courthouse. The dinner was…

Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church will host its regular monthly food commodity distribution from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday. Recipients are to meet at the church’s east parking lot at 301 E. Madison Ave.

Arrests reported Nathaniel M. Knight was arrested by Iola officers Friday morning in the 300 block of East Jackson Street for suspicion of obstructing justice, battery of a law enforcement officer, illegally carrying a weapon…

The Iola High School and Iola Middle School choir concert will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. An article in Monday’s Register omitted the time for Wednesday’s concert. The high…

Representatives of five eastern Kansas counties met in Iola to study the merits and demerits of the proposal to interconnect their municipal power plants. City officials from Coffeyville, Erie, Chanute, Ottawa and Iola decided that…

Turkey, mashed potatoes, cake, bread, and pecan pie were answers to the roll call, what is your favorite Thanksgiving food, at the Nov. 23 meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club. Lainey Church led the…

Allen Community College presents its holiday music concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at Iola’s First Christian Church. The instrumental fall music recital, meanwhile, is set for 7 p.m. Friday, also at First Christian Church. The…