Local News
While Allen County’s new wind farm is up and going, the fate of more wind energy development in neighboring counties is decidedly murkier.
RICHARD LUKEN
Could lightning striking the fuel station at the Allen County airport be a blessing in disguise? According to public works director Mitch Garner, maybe so.
ERIC SPRUILL
A “community play group” filled with games, stories, educational activities and free dental screenings, is open to any child 6 years and younger Friday morning on the Allen County Courthouse lawn.
Sports
Tuesday may have resulted in two Pioneer League defeats for the Iola High volleyball team, but the Fillies were in contention for every set.
Erick Mitchell
The Cubs were scheduled to run in Girard last Thursday, but those events were postponed due to inclement weather.
State News
TOPEKA —This was supposed to be the year Medicaid expansion finally happened in Kansas.
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, elected in November, had run on the issue. She triumphed in a state that had gone for Trump in 2016 by more than 20 percentage points and replaced a Republican governor who had vetoed a previous expansion bill.
LAUREN WEBER
Kansas law sets some rules for inevitable disputes between renters and property owners.
By Nomin Ujiyediin
The Nebraska trial of a Kansas man charged with the collision deaths of four Iowa motorcyclists has been delayed again.
National News
WASHINGTON — The push by some Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump has been marked by false starts, semantic debates and legal roadblocks. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the first House Judiciary Committee hearing in the hotly contested process featured much of the same Tuesday.
CHRIS MEGERIAN
Researchers (secretly) bred sick dogs to search for a cure for muscular dystrophy.
By Rebekah Allen
Purdue Pharma gets its day in court today after the OxyContin maker filed for bankruptcy and negotiated a potential multi-billion dollar settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits.
Opinion
Gun violence should be treated as a national health emergency.
Eileen M. Bulger and Ronald M. Stewart
Despite a 50% tariff on pork, US sales to China are soaring because of an outbreak there of African swine fever.
St. Joseph News-Press
Kansas is on a long-term trend of losing jobs. And increasingly, those are jobs held by physicians, scientists and engineers.
The Iola Register
Ask the Register
Since he left Kansas to serve as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has kept a busy schedule while traveling the world.
By Vickie Moss
If all goes well, Iola’s Recreation Community Building at Riverside Park will be ready for the public by early summer.
RICHARD LUKEN
A long-range master plan for USD 257 eventually could shift the Iola High School campus to the east side of Cottonwood Street, though that could be years away.
By Vickie Moss
Community
Dear Carolyn: My friend “Kathy” is like a sister to me and would do anything for me. Her only problem is that she is really impulsive and has a bad temper.
CAROLYN HAX
Dear Dr. Roach: I’m an 81-year-old man. About two years ago, I began to realize that my testicles were shrinking, and they are now about the size of a marble. I have asked my primary care doctor and urologist about this, and the reply is that nothing can be done about it.
DR. KEITH ROACH
Obituaries
Dora Lou Clements, 87, Humboldt, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at her home. Dora was born Sept. 28, 1931, in Iola, to Frank V. and Helen I. (Demoret) Folkner.
Sandra D. Spillman, 77, Iola, formerly of Colony, passed away at her home on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019.
Leah Winona Tomson, 87, Iola, passed away Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital.
Leah was born May 5, 1932, in Iola to Bithel and Mary (Kramer) Lorance.
Photos
The Mustangs moved to 0-2 on the season after losing their home opener to Wellsville.
Iola, Humboldt, and Crest opened up the XC season in Garnett.
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