“We believe an informed community is a healthy community,” said Tim Stauffer, managing editor of The Iola Register. Appearing before the Allen County Commission with Register publisher Susan Lynn, the pair spoke with commissioners Tuesday…

Change is coming for the Register. Beginning with our Tuesday, Oct. 1 paper, the Register will be printed at NPG Printing in St. Joseph, Mo. The change is part of the Register’s strategy to provide…

Four Allen County businesses received Backing Small Businesses grants up to $10,000 each.  They were among seven small businesses in Kansas and 500 across the country to receive the grants, which were administered by American…

NEW YORK CITY — As a reporter for the Iola Register, I attended Health Journalism 2024, a conference by the Association of Health Care Journalists last week in NYC. I was part of a Kansas/Missouri…

The news and advertising staff of The Iola Register won their respective sweepstakes awards at the Kansas Press Association’s annual awards banquet Friday evening in Lawrence. The Register is judged among its peers of small…

At age 30, Carley Swanson has had enough life experiences that “I very much feel that whatever is thrown my way, I can handle it. I can figure it out.”  That confidence is hard-earned, because…

Susan Lynn, editor and publisher of The Iola Register, and Bob Johnson, longtime reporter, were inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Topeka on Friday. Contemplating the honor, Johnson said,…

Longtime journalists Bob Johnson and Susan Lynn will be inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame on Nov. 3. Johnson devoted 56 years to the Register, serving as sports editor, city editor and reporter.…

As a teenager, I idealized my Grandparents Lynn’s desert lifestyle outside of Tucson, Ariz. Little did I know that in 50 years, southeast Kansas would be its rival. Boy, are we baking. My grandparents taught…

The Iola Register won the sweepstakes award in both the news and advertising divisions at last weekend’s Kansas Press Association’s annual convention.  It’s the fifth year in a row the Register has won the sweepstakes…