Think of soil remediation at the proposed elementary site as a five-pronged approach, says USD 257 Board of Education president Dan Willis. The process involves SJCF Architects, a firm working for the school district; the…

Groups that use the Bowlus Fine Arts Center could get a bit of sticker shock later this year, in the form of a change in rental rates. For some groups, that could mean hundreds of…

TOPEKA — Bob Johnson, longtime reporter for the Iola Register, was awarded the Gaston Outstanding Mentor Award at Friday night’s awards banquet for the Kansas Press Association. Johnson was noted for his unflagging enthusiasm for…

This is the first in a weekly series of articles on the proposed school bond issue to be decided by voters on April 2. When Dr. Charles Wanker, chief of staff at Allen County Regional…

It takes a lot of guts to give up a steady income to pursue your dream. And to do so at 62? Well, that takes somebody like Betty Hendricks. Hendricks is retiring Friday after working…

Iola city crews were out en masse before dawn today in an attempt to plow away more than a quarter-inch of ice that shuttered schools across southeast Kansas and made travel miserable for everyone. The…

Chuck Heffern is winner of the rangeland award that will be given at the conservation district annual meeting Saturday evening. Wife Linda will also be recognized, as well as their sons, Chris, Clint and Colton,…

One of the many duties as store manager at G&W Foods in Iola puts Daniel Gile on the road once a week. He’s the one responsible for delivering loads of groceries to customers who take…

When idealism clashed with pragmatism, Octagon City, meant to be a refuge for vegetarians south of Humboldt, failed to take root. The husband-and-wife writing team of Aaron Barnhart and Diane Eickhoff gave that take Tuesday…

When it comes to assisting with fledgling entrepreneurial efforts, the Small Business Development Center’s name comes earnestly, Dacia Clark explained. “Our passion is to help small businesses,” said Clark, assistant director for SBDC’s regional office…