Dear editor, I agree with the previous letters to the editor published in the Register that the old Arkhaven Nursing Home should be voted for rezoning to R-2 at the Feb. 14 city council meeting.…

To Mayor French and members of the Iola Council, Iola needs to change the zoning on North Walnut. Our town needs affordable housing. We lost so many homes in the 2007 flood. Many older homes…

Dear editor, A few weeks ago after the Iola Planning Commission decided not to rezone the old Arkhaven nursing facility I went up there and drove around all the buildings and came to this conclusion:…

It took a day, and the possible reintroduction of polio and measles to Kansas schoolchildren, but Senate President Ty Masterson got the redistricting map he wanted. On Monday evening, after a brutal multi-hour lockdown, the…

Dear editor, Even those opposed to rezoning the old Arkhaven Nursing Home agree there is a need for more housing in Iola. Presently, the Arkhaven site is zoned for single-family use or for a nursing…

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Something serious appears to have prompted Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to label a fellow Republican, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a “con artist” and “one of the worst human beings.” Perhaps it was Hawley’s public questioning…

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Dear editor, I’d like to add my voice to those supporting the rezoning of the North Walnut property to allow refitting a dilapidated nursing home into apartments. I believe this not only will be an…