Month: June 2010

Twenty-two area athleetes received postseason honors from Three Rivers League coaches in softball and baseball for 2010.Named to the 2010 All-Three Rivers League Softball first team were Marmaton Valley High’s junior Cheyanne Miller as an…

HUMBOLDT — The ANW Cooperative, through USD 258 school district, ended up a wee bit richer thanks to a year-end budget transfer.The state increased the budget for the special education cooperative by $29,287. Monies are…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt will spend $12,800 for repairs along Central Street near Humboldt Elementary School.City Council members voted Monday to hire SE-Kan Asphalt of Gas to grind down the existing asphalt surface along Central Streets,…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt officials agreed to begin the application process for a $350,000 grant that would fund a new community building, likely to house a new senior citizens center. The grant, if approved, requires only…

Loretta Ellis, kindergarten teacher at McKinley Elementary School, and Becky South, language and science teacher at Iola Middle School, were recognized as USD 257 elementary and secondary teachers of the year Monday night at the…

The 15 Iola High School students enrolled in physics for the fall semester may be tutored through an Olathe company’s interactive computer program.Scot Yarnell, who taught physics, was a victim of staff reductions prompted by…

Emerson Lynn told USD 257 board members Monday night that he was “convinced that everything we do to strengthen the Bowlus Fine Arts Center strengthens Iola. I am also dead certain that anything we do…

Colleen Riebel is anticipating a larger than usual crowd at Wednesday’s summer lunch program. Chicken and noodles are on the menu and are always a crowd favorite.“We will also be busy next week with meatloaf…

Glenda Irene Jones, 61, of rural Iola died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at her home.She was born July 5, 1948, in Iola, to Glen and Marguerite (Creason) Carter. After graduating from Iola High School she…

Dillon Fullerton, whose obituary was published in Saturday’s Register, is also survived by aunts and uncles, Mike and Marvella Highley, Steve and Linda Highley and Mark and Connie McCoy.