Allen County Regional Hospital has named an interim administrator after Jeremy Armstrong resigned effective May 18, a representative of Saint Luke’s Health System said.  Armstrong oversaw operations at the Iola hospital as well as the…

After 11 years, a group that oversees hospital facilities wants to fix a shower problem at Allen County Regional Hospital once and for all. There’s no immediate issue, Frank Hayden, critical access region facilities manager…

When Donna Bauer looks back over her career, she remembers most fondly the people who have helped her along the way. They were mentors and bosses. Co-workers and customers. Family and friends.  Bauer, age 83,…

When starting the “60+ Dine” program, Kathy Brennon was told to expect 20 participants within the first year. Five months in, the program has 172 participants and counting. “It shows us there is a tremendous…

Students in Doug Kerr’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) class at Iola High School helped install steps for the gazebo at Allen County Regional Hospital Thursday morning. Kerr said Karen Gilpin with the hospital’s Auxiliary…

Allen Co. Regional Hospital and Anderson Co. Hospital are pleased to welcome general surgeon Megan Morriss, MD, to the medical team. Dr. Morriss is board-certified in general surgery and has specialized training in benign and…

The ink had barely dried before Tuesday’s news of the closure of Fort Scott’s emergency room was spun into political fodder. Gov. Laura Kelly used it as another example that Kansas should expand Medicaid eligibility,…

Allen County Regional Hospital’s Humboldt clinic has been closed since July, the Register recently learned. The clinic, located at 111 S. 9th St., in downtown Humboldt, had been temporarily closed since June due to the…

A pilot was taken to the hospital Saturday evening after his single-engine airplane ran out of fuel and crashed southeast of Iola. James V. Devers, 27, Oklahoma City, was attempting to land at Allen County…

Volunteer chaplains at Allen County Regional Hospital gathered Thursday morning for a Blessing of the Hands, an annual tradition across Saint Luke’s Health System. The multi-faith tradition provides a blessing for those whose hands provide…